Master Patrol Officer Steven J. Underwood, 33, was shot and killed in the line of duty in Des Moines, Washington, in the early morning hours of March 7, 2001. A six-year veteran who had recently earned the rank of Master Patrol Officer, Underwood was working near the Legend Motel on Pacific Highway South when he stopped four individuals about 1:20 a.m. He recognized one as a suspect in a felony case; a confrontation followed and he was fatally shot, found lying near the motel and pronounced dead at the scene.

The shooting left a wife and a son who turned two just days after his death. Law enforcement launched an intensive investigation: one suspect was taken into custody shortly after the killing and a manhunt began for three other people believed to be involved. The full circumstances of that night and the search for those still sought remained central to the investigation.

If anyone has information about the events outside the Legend Motel on March 7, 2001, or the people involved, please come forward.