Tempe lost a longtime officer on September 20, 1987, when Lieutenant John Eaton Bradshaw, 45, was shot and killed while on duty. Bradshaw had served about 20 years with the Tempe Police Department and was positioned near Hohokam Highway and University Drive after an urgent officer-needs-assistance call concerning an inmate who had overpowered an escorting officer, taken his gun, seized a civilian hostage and fled on a motorcycle.

As the motorcycle approached Bradshaw’s parked patrol car, the suspect saw the vehicle and fired one shot that struck Bradshaw in the chest, killing him. Officers from the Department of Public Safety later engaged the suspect and shot and killed him.

Who in the Tempe community remembers Lieutenant Bradshaw or has information about the response that day?