Bio & Incident Details
Age: 49
Tour: 9 years
Badge # 11755
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 6/1/1970
Weapon: Rifle; 7.62 mm
Suspect: Convicted
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Detective Key succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained on June 1, 1970, while serving a search warrant on a narcotics suspect. He was shot by suspect with a 7mm rifle bullet that passed through the front door and hit him in the spinal cord, rendering him a quadraplegic. The suspect was shot multiple times by other officers and taken into custody, convicted, and later released.
Detective Key had served with the agency for 9 years at the time of the shooting. He was survived by his wife, son, parents, sister and brother.
