Ervid Theodore Clemons was a 47-year-old deputy with the Carlton County Sheriff’s Office when he was killed during a standoff on the evening of Wednesday, August 25, 1993. Officers had responded to reports of shots fired at a residence in Moose Lake and were engaged in a prolonged effort to resolve the situation with the resident, Donald Polcyn, who had a documented history of mental illness.

A negotiator was speaking with Polcyn while urging Polcyn’s elderly father to leave the home. As a SWAT team prepared to move in, Clemons and two other officers escorted the father toward the door. Polcyn suddenly emerged from the house and fired on the officers. Clemons was struck in the lower abdomen, an area not covered by his bullet-proof vest. Other officers returned fire and Polcyn was fatally wounded at the scene; Clemons was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. He was survived by his wife and two children.

Are there witnesses or family members who can share more about Deputy Clemons or that night in Moose Lake?