On a February evening in 2009, 26-year-old Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Deputy Christopher L. Dewey responded to reports of a possible drunk driver and shots fired in Mahnomen, Minnesota. When he arrived he encountered two men and a physical altercation followed; Dewey was shot in the head and abdomen. He survived an extended series of surgeries and rehabilitation for months, but his condition declined in July 2010 and he was moved to hospice.

Christopher L. Dewey died on August 9, 2010, surrounded by family. He had served the Mahnomen County Sheriff’s Office for six years and was a husband.The initial suspect, Thomas Fairbanks, had barricaded in a nearby mobile home and surrendered after a nine-hour standoff; an accomplice, Timothy Pemberton, was also taken into custody.

A jury later convicted Fairbanks of first-degree murder and he received life without parole; Pemberton was sentenced to two years for failing to render aid.Does anyone have information about Deputy Dewey, his service that night, or contacts who knew him?