David Lamar Curtis was a 31-year-old Tampa Police Department officer killed on June 29, 2010, during what began as a routine traffic stop at Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 50th Street. He and Officer Jeffrey Kocab stopped a vehicle with no visible license plate; after calling for backup they learned a male passenger was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant for writing a worthless check. As officers attempted the arrest the passenger produced a weapon and shot both men at close range. Officer Curtis was pronounced dead a few hours later; Officer Kocab died shortly after arriving at the hospital.

The suspect fled the scene and was captured four days later. He was later charged in connection with multiple murders and was convicted on November 15, 2013, for the killings of both officers; a jury recommended the death penalty and the sentence was imposed on May 30, 2014. Curtis had served with the Tampa Police Department three years and eight months after prior service with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, and was active in the department’s Honor Guard. He left behind a wife and four young sons.

Does anyone have memories of Officer Curtis’s service or information about that night that could add to the record?