Officer Chris Edward Clites, 26, was shot and killed on December 10, 1993, while attempting to stop fleeing robbery suspects at the Windsor Terrace public housing complex in Columbus, Ohio. Clites and his partner had responded to assist another officer reporting suspects fleeing on foot from a traffic stop in a high-crime area. During the pursuit Clites confronted one of the armed perpetrators and shot him once in the lower chest; that suspect returned fire, striking Clites in the right elbow and causing him to drop his duty pistol.

As Clites bent to retrieve the weapon he was struck in the face by a final gunshot and died later that day at The Ohio State University Medical Center with his family present. The shooter was killed at the scene by a fellow officer. Clites had served three and a half years with the Columbus Division of Police and was survived by his wife.

Does anyone have memories of Officer Clites or information about that night that could help document his service and sacrifice?