Samuel Anthony Redhouse, 34, was killed in the line of duty on the evening of February 17, 1997, in Iyanbito, New Mexico. A Police Officer II with the Navajo Division of Public Safety and a seven-year veteran, Redhouse responded to a report of a despondent man alongside four McKinley County Sheriff’s deputies. Upon arrival the suspect opened fire; Officer Redhouse was struck in the chest and later died from his wound.

The deputies returned fire and the suspect was shot and killed at the scene. Reports state the man had been scheduled to surrender to the U.S. Marshals Service that day on a conviction for a sexual crime involving a minor, and his impending incarceration appears to be connected to the shooting. Redhouse left a wife and two small children.

If anyone has information about Officer Redhouse, his service that night, or knew him personally, please share what you can.