Patrolman Gary Lavaughn Sumpter, Toledo Police Department, Oregon

Patrolman Gary Lavaughn Sumpter

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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Looking at these EOW memorials, I decided to look at the day of my birth. That was this day. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for a 7 year old to lose a father. Have you thought of posting a picture of your father?

Detective M. Martinez
OCPD

August 1, 2016