Investigator Steven Martin Sandberg, 60, was killed while on duty at St. Cloud Hospital in Minnesota on Sunday, October 18, 2015. A 24-year veteran of the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office, Sandberg was assigned to guard a patient, 50-year-old Danny Leroy Hammond, who was a suspect in a domestic incident.

Around 5:15 a.m. a violent altercation occurred in the hospital room. Hammond, who was not restrained, disarmed Sandberg, seized his service weapon and fatally shot the investigator. Hospital security guards responded, used a Taser to subdue Hammond, and Hammond became unresponsive shortly after being taken into custody; he was later pronounced dead at the scene. No arrest was made because the suspect died.

Anyone who worked with Sandberg, was at St. Cloud Hospital that morning, or has information about the incident is asked to come forward.