Ephriam Brown was a 29-year-old Opa-locka, Florida police officer who was killed on June 3, 1986 while on duty. Brown died at the scene.

The suspect was identified as Derek Newton Thomas, 22 at the time. During his trial Thomas pleaded guilty to first-degree murder to avoid the death penalty and received a life sentence. Brown had worked for the Opa-locka Police Department after a brief period in landscaping, and his name is engraved on the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Did anyone in the community or fellow officers witness the arrest or the struggle and have details that could add to the record?