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David Scott Crawford, a 46-year-old officer with the St. Petersburg Police Department, was killed on February 21, 2011, while responding to a report of a suspicious person near Tropicana Field. At about 10:30 PM, he and another officer arrived after a citizen reported a man walking through a backyard carrying a broken brick. Crawford located the suspect near the southwest corner of 2nd Avenue S and 8th Street S; as he approached, an exchange of gunfire occurred and Crawford was shot multiple times.

He was taken to Bayfront Medical Center and died of his injuries. He was not wearing his protective vest at the time. Crawford had served with the department for 25 years and his death affected the Saint Petersburg community and his colleagues. The suspect, a 16-year-old named Nicholas Lindsey, fled but was captured after a 24-hour manhunt and was charged with first-degree murder.

What information do readers have about Crawford’s final call or the immediate aftermath that might shed more light on the incident?