Mary Lynn Beall was a 43-year-old Dayton police officer who died on August 25, 2002, from complications of injuries sustained when she was shot on May 15, 2000. She had been shot in the neck by Raham Twitty while trying to negotiate with him during a domestic disturbance call; the wound left her paralyzed from the neck down. Despite her injuries she testified at trial; Twitty was convicted of felonious assault, aggravated robbery and other charges and was sentenced to 76 years in prison.

Because her death resulted from the earlier shooting, the Dayton Police Department and the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office reviewed whether additional homicide charges could be pursued after the coroner’s ruling. Officer Beall’s husband, also a Dayton officer, and their three children survived her; the community provided donations and she was buried with full department honors.

If anyone knew Officer Beall or has information about the shooting or its aftermath that could shed light on the legal review, please share what is known.