police officer gary c. coe

task force

november 11, 1989

Off-duty Police Officer Gary C. Coe was stabbed on November 11, 1989,
by a male who had just been involved in a vehicle accident.
Officer Coe had identified himself as a police officer, but the suspect advanced aggressively,
and stabbed the officer three times in the chest, and twice in the leg, with a four-inch utility knife.
The suspect also slashed Officer Coe’s companion across the hand when she tried to intervene.
Officer Coe was taken to Lutheran Medical Center where he died one hour later.
The suspect was later arrested.