Officer Gary Reeves Blair, a 30-year-old Dallas Police Department officer (badge #4500), was shot and killed in the line of duty on March 20, 1986, after making a traffic stop in the 1400 block of North Zang Avenue. The first man gained control of Officer Blair’s service weapon and shot him in the neck. Critically wounded, Officer Blair was able to access his backup gun and fatally wounded the suspect.

Officer Blair had served five years with the department and was survived by a daughter and a fiancée. The second man involved was not convicted in Blair’s murder, and there were no further arrests or convictions related to the case. The shooting remains a somber reminder of the dangers officers face on routine calls.

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