The slain Aurora detective is the fourth officer from that department to be killed. The others are:
1987: Edward J. Hockom Jr., shot by a fleeing robber.
1985: Thomas Joseph Dietzman, shot by a fellow police officer during a training exercise.
1981: Debra Sue Corr, shot during a traffic stop.
Other shooting deaths of law enforcement officers along the Front Range:
Feb. 2006: Colorado Springs police Officer Jared Jensen killed while trying to arrest a man with a lengthy criminal record. Jereme Lamberth is awaiting trial for first-degree murder in the case.
May 2005: Denver police Detective Donald R. “Donnie” Young, 43, shot while providing uniformed security at a party. Raul Gomez-Garcia has been convicted of Young’s murder and is awaiting sentencing.
1997: Denver police Officer Bruce VanderJagt shot by robbery suspect Matthaeus Jaehnig, who later killed himself with the officer’s gun.
1995: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Sgt. Timothy Mossbrucker, 36, killed in a supermarket.
Denver Officer Shawn Leinen shot while questioning a teen about a car theft.
1994: Boulder police Officer Beth Haynes, 26, shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex.
1992: Colorado state Trooper Lyle Wohlers, 51, shot in a routine traffic stop on I-70 east of Georgetown.
El Paso County sheriff’s Deputy Hugh Martin shot during a no-knock drug raid.
1988: Adams County sheriff’s Sgt. Dale McLaughlin, 55, shot and another officer wounded when they answered a call on a domestic disturbance.
1987: Denver Deputy Sheriff Daniel Stillwell, 27, shot twice with his own gun while checking on a prisoner.
Denver police recruit James Wier, 25, killed by a shotgun blast while responding to a domestic dispute.
1986: Denver patrolman Patrick Pollock shot while responding to a robbery on East Colfax Avenue.
1982: Colorado Springs police Officer Mark L. Dabling shot in the back after he stopped a motorist for a traffic offense.
Source: Denver Post archives
Compiled by the staff
of the Denver Post Research Library
