On April 22, 2011, Eugene Police Officer J. Christopher Chris Kilcullen, 43, was shot and killed during a traffic stop in Springfield, Oregon. The stop began after an officer initiated a traffic stop on a driver who had run a red light; that driver, 56-year-old Cheryl Kidd, fled and was pursued onto Highway 126. After Kidd’s vehicle swerved around several cars stopped at a red light at 52nd Street, Officer Kilcullen approached the stopped vehicle and was fatally shot when Kidd fired a handgun.

Kidd continued to flee after the shooting, prompting a multi-agency pursuit of about 35 miles that ended on a forest road near Westfir. She remained in her vehicle for several hours during a standoff before being taken into custody, and she admitted to police that she fired the fatal shot. Kilcullen was a 12-year veteran of the Eugene Police Department with 85 commendations and service on the crisis negotiation team. He left behind a wife, two children and an extended family; the state later designated OR 126 in his name and markers were placed along the highway in his memory.

Did anyone who knew Officer Kilcullen or witnessed the events on April 22, 2011, come forward with details that haven’t been widely reported?