Toledo Police Department, Oregon
End of Watch Saturday, March 15, 1969
Gary Lavaughn Sumpter
Patrolman Gary Sumpter was shot and killed during a vehicle pursuit that went into a wooded area.
The subject he was chasing rounded a curve, stopped his car, and waited with a rifle for the officers to come around the curve. When Patrolman Sumpter appeared the man opened fire, killing him.
The man also shot and wounded a state trooper before committing suicide.
Patrolman Sumpter was a U.S. Navy veteran.
Bio
- Age 31
- Tour Not available
- Badge Not available
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Rifle
- Offender Committed suicide
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