In late 1985 Springfield, Massachusetts, two police officers were killed after a routine patrol stop turned deadly. Officer Alain J. Beauregard, a 29-year-old White male who had served five years with the Springfield Police Department, was shot in the head on November 12, 1985. He survived for three days at the hospital before dying on November 15, 1985. His partner, Officer Michael Schiavana, was shot in the chest at the same encounter and died at the scene.

The shooting occurred when the officers approached a vehicle occupied by two men; one occupant, later identified as Eddie Ortiz, opened fire. Eddie Ortiz was later found holed up in a home and took his own life as police closed in. His brother, Juan Ortiz, who had been in the car that night, was arrested and charged in connection with the killings. Juan Ortiz was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder under a felony-murder theory and received a life sentence.

Does anyone have recollections of the department, the officers, or that November 1985 manhunt that could add context or details?