Opa-locka Police Department, Florida
End of Watch Tuesday, June 3, 1986
Add to My HeroesEphriam Brown
Officer Brown was shot and killed after arresting a man he observed smoking marijuana in a car parked in a convenience store parking lot. As the man was being walked to Officer Brown's patrol car he surprised the officer. He was able to gain control of Officer Brown's service revolver and shot him several times.
The 22-year-old suspect plead guilty to first degree murder in the middle of his trial to avoid receiving the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison.
Officer Brown was survived by his fiancee and mother.
Bio
- Age 29
- Tour 1 year, 6 months
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Officer's handgun
- Offender Sentenced to life
Most Recent Reflection
View all 19 ReflectionsOh Ephriam so it is time to tell what others do not know, now that I have found a place to write it... Time to tell that I was your partner / co-worker on midnight shift in Opa Locka that June 1986. To tell that I cleaned that gun of yours the week before you died because you hated doing it, and we had just completed qualifications. Time to tell how I lived 2 blocks from where it happened, how I heard it and raced over there in time to ride with you to Parkway in Rescue 26, and how I was with you in the last moments and how I go to your grave in June and November. How I think of you when other officers are shot, and how you always told me you would dance at my wedding! As long as I am around you are too, I hope your family gets to read this, I would have liked to have met them so they would know you had a true friend in those last days and moments.
Ofc. Lisa Torres
Opa Locka-North Miami Beach PD
September 14, 2020
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