Stephen Wayne Blair was a 31-year-old deputy with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department who was killed on May 12, 1995, in Lynwood, California. He and his partner approached a group of suspected gang members at a local park; as they exited their patrol car one suspect discarded a loaded pistol and, during the ensuing confrontation, Blair was shot and killed.

A suspect surrendered two days after the shooting and was initially cleared; investigators later arrested another suspect who was charged with the murder of a peace officer and convicted. Blair’s funeral drew over 4,500 attendees, and on May 18, 1995, thousands of motorists in Southern California drove with their headlights on to honor him.

Blair left a wife and three sons; one son later joined the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Does anyone have memories of Blair or information about the case that could shed further light on the events that day?