Bio & Incident Details
Age: 23
Tour: 3 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/21/1988
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Corporal Gerald Simmons was shot and killed while monitoring an undercover drug buy from a hotel room. During the transaction the suspect decided to kill the confidential informant. In an attempt to save the man's life Corporal Simmons entered the hotel room from the adjoining room. The suspect opened fire, striking Corporal Simmons in the eye. Corporal Simmons was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wound.
Corporal Simmons had been with the agency for three years and was survived by his parents and four sisters.
