On the evening of February 10, 1985, 54-year-old Lieutenant Timothy J. Sox Sullivan of the Anaconda-Deer Lodge County Law Enforcement Department was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance on Haggin Street in Anaconda, Montana. A Navy veteran who served in the Korean War, Sullivan had been with the department for 18 years. He lived in the community as a husband, father of five, and youth sports coach.

After receiving no answer at the door, Sullivan entered the home to check on the woman who had called and began to descend to the basement. The woman’s husband ambushed him on the stairs, firing a single shot from a .357 caliber handgun. The gunman then killed his wife and turned the weapon on himself; Sullivan died of his wounds at the scene. No arrests were made because the perpetrator died by suicide.

Does anyone have memories of Sullivan’s service in Anaconda or information about that night that could add context to the case?