Not going to go into details here as this is still an active investigation. The deceased officer was ambushed, never even got his seat belt off. The 2 other officers were also ambushed as they arrived to check on the deceased. I was next on scene and fully expected to deal be into a shootout based on the amount of gunfire heard on the radio.

I pulled up and encountered my worst fear, not being shot at, not chasing the bad guy, but 3 of my officers down.

I have no answers as to why. We will likely never know. But I will tell you that DPD is hurting, those officers need your prayers. The look of pain on the responding officer’s faces said it all.

Time and time again, these officers continue to impress me, day in and day out they charge into the unknown and handle business. Last night was no different.

R.I.P. Darron Burks #12543, we have the watch