Pinal County Sheriff’s Corporal Donald Lee Mauldin, 51, was shot while responding to a domestic disturbance in Apache Junction on December 11, 1993. Deputies were called about a husband threatening to shoot his wife; when Mauldin and a partner attempted to enter the residence the suspect opened fire, striking both deputies in the head. Mauldin’s partner suffered a minor wound when a bullet struck his glasses and ricocheted into his cheek. Mauldin was critically injured, declared brain-dead at St.

Joseph’s Hospital and then unexpectedly awoke nine days later, but remained in hospital care for the rest of his life. He died of the gunshot wound on August 24, 2002, nearly nine years after the shooting. Responding deputies returned fire, wounding the suspect; he was arrested and later convicted on multiple counts, including attempted first-degree murder, and received a 145-year prison sentence.

Does anyone have memories of Corporal Mauldin or information about the case to share?