Phoenix Police Department, Arizona
End of Watch: Wednesday, September 4, 1991
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 19 years
Badge Number: 2387
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: September 4, 1991
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Committed suicide
Officer Leonard Kolodziej was shot and killed by a man who sprayed a residential street with gunfire from a high-powered weapon at 4300 N. 20th Street.
Officer Kolodziej was the first on the scene and was killed before he exited his patrol vehicle. The suspect then held police at bay for more than five hours before they stormed the house and found the suspect dead.
Officer Kolodziej had served with the Phoenix Police Department for 19 years and was ten months from retirement. He is survived by his wife, two sons, a daughter, three stepdaughters, a stepson, his mother, and seven grandchildren.