On January 27, 1998, Portland Police Officer Colleen Ann Waibel was shot and killed while attempting to arrest 37-year-old Stephen Douglas Dons for running a marijuana-growing operation at his residence. Waibel and a partner forced entry, proceeded down a hallway and were met with gunfire from Dons. Dons used an SKS assault rifle to shoot both officers; Waibel sustained fatal wounds.

Officers found an extensive arsenal in Dons’ home, including shotguns, rifles, handguns and a homemade grenade launcher. Dons had a lengthy criminal history: convictions for obstructing an officer, resisting arrest, battery with a deadly weapon, using a deadly weapon in the commission of a crime, and being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm, with additional incidents noted in Las Vegas.

Dons was taken into custody after the shooting but died by suicide in jail in late February 1998. Does anyone have additional information about Officer Waibel or the events at the residence that day?