Julie Yvonne Cross, a United States Secret Service Special Agent, was killed on June 4, 1980, in Westchester, Los Angeles County, California. Cross and her partner, Special Agent Lloyd Bulman, were in an unmarked car conducting a stakeout targeting a counterfeit ring when two men approached them in what appeared to be a robbery attempt. Both agents identified themselves as law enforcement; Cross exited the vehicle with her weapon drawn and a struggle followed. One of the suspects wrestled her gun away, then retrieved a shotgun from the agents’ car and shot Cross twice, causing her death. Bulman was shot as well but survived by feigning death.

Cross was the first female Secret Service agent killed in the line of duty. The Secret Service offered a $100,000 reward for information leading to the indictment of her killer, and the killing prompted an extensive investigation. Few public details about suspects or leads have been released in the immediate aftermath.

Did anyone in the area at the time witness the stakeout or the two men who approached the agents?