On the morning of November 28, 2005, NYPD Detective Dillon Stewart, 35, was killed during what began as a traffic stop in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Stewart and his partner were in an unmarked car when they observed a vehicle run a red light at Flatbush and Church Avenues; the driver refused to stop and a pursuit followed. As the officers’ car pulled alongside, the driver, later identified as Allan Cameron, opened fire, discharging at least five rounds into the police vehicle. A bullet passed through the armhole of Stewart’s protective vest and struck his heart. He continued the chase briefly but was overcome by his wounds and died six hours later at Kings County Hospital.

The suspect escaped into a basement garage but was arrested shortly afterward in a nearby apartment; the 9mm handgun used in the shooting was recovered outside the building. Investigators linked the suspect to a separate incident nine days earlier in which an off-duty officer was shot and wounded during a robbery attempt. Stewart, a five-year NYPD veteran, was posthumously promoted to Detective First Grade and was survived by his wife and two young daughters.

Did anyone in the community have contact with Detective Stewart or information about the vehicle involved that night?