Bio & Incident Details
Age: 42
Tour: 3 years
Badge # 34
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/23/1984
Weapon: Handgun; .38 caliber
Offender: Committed
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Officer Donald Kramer was shot and killed while pursuing a homeless man thought to be drunk. He was on patrol when a homeless man spotted him and began to run. Officer Kramer chased him and caught him. The man suddenly swung around and shot Officer Kramer in the head, then twice more after he fell to the ground. The suspect was later arrested and charged with murder.
The suspect was found incompetent to stand trial and committed in a maximum security psychiatric hospital.
