Police Officer David Richard Loeffler, Minneapolis Police Department, Minnesota

Police Officer David Richard Loeffler

Minneapolis Police Department, Minnesota

End of Watch Friday, May 29, 2009

David Richard Loeffler

Officer David Loeffler succumbed to injuries sustained 12 years earlier when he was struck by a drunk driver.

He and his partner had stopped on Broadway, near Bryant Avenue, to help a drunk man who was walking in traffic. As Officer Loeffler spoke to the man in front of the patrol car another vehicle, driven by a drunk driver, struck him and the patrol car, severing one of his legs.

Officer Loeffler passed away from complications of the original injury on May 29, 2009. He had served with the Minneapolis Police Department for only six months at the time of the incident.

Bio

Age 36
Tour 6 months
Badge 4220

Incident Details

Cause Vehicular assault
Incident Date Saturday, March 15, 1997
Weapon Automobile; Alcohol involved
Offender Not available

Most Recent Reflection

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David,

So many of your visions came true from those long nights we used to talk. The dreams we shared for our own lives. I'm so ever grateful that I knew you. A million miles away from then. I still miss your smile, your out look on life, your laugh! When you can pick a voice on the radio from a thousand others... you were something special. Love and miss you always.

TESS SHUNK
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June 25, 2018