Deputy Eugene Andrew Gregory, 55, of the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office was killed on July 8, 1998, in Seminole, Florida. He responded to a distress call about shots fired at about 8:45 p.m. after a landlord–tenant confrontation in which the suspect, Alan Singletary, had threatened the landlord with a weapon during an eviction attempt. Gregory was met with immediate gunfire and fatally wounded; he was able to radio for backup.

What followed was a prolonged 13-hour standoff during which Singletary fired several hundred rounds and wounded two other deputies. SWAT teams were unable to retrieve Deputy Gregory’s body for over two hours because of continuous gunfire; the standoff ended the next morning around 10:00 a.m. when Singletary was shot and killed by officers as he attempted to escape while still firing. No further arrests were made; the case was closed after the suspect’s death.

Deputy Gregory, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran with seven years’ service at the Sheriff’s Office, left a wife, Linda Gregory, and three sons. His family established the Eugene Gregory Memorial Youth Academy and Consequence Unit in Seminole County Public Schools, and his wife advocated for legal changes addressing law enforcement responses to people with mental health issues. Does anyone have memories of Deputy Gregory or information about the incident that could add context to what happened that night?