Montrose Police Department, Colorado
End of Watch: Monday, April 25, 1983
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 23, 1983
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Deported
Officer McMaster succumbed to a gunshot wound receive two days earlier while responding to a disturbance at a local bar. He and two other officers had entered the rear of the bar as two other officers approached the front. Officer McMaster and the other officers approached the bar and observed no disturbance inside of the establishment. Suddenly a man at the bar turned and fired three shots. Two struck one officer and wounded him and the third struck Officer McMaster in the head. He succumbed to his wounds two days later.
The suspect was convicted of second degree murder and first degree assault. He was released in 2002 and deported from the United States.