On April 23, 1985, Seattle Police Officer Dale Eggers, 39, was killed while working an off-duty security detail at the SeaFirst Bank on Beacon Avenue South. Eggers was seated at a desk and on the telephone when a man, later identified as Ray Albert Lewis, entered the bank, handed a teller a note demanding money, then walked past the unsuspecting officer. Lewis produced a sawed-off .410 gauge shotgun from a briefcase and shot Eggers in the head. Eggers was taken to Harborview Medical Center and died about 45 minutes later.

Ray Albert Lewis, described in reports as a Navy veteran and a parolee, was captured after a manhunt and taken into custody a few hours before Eggers’ funeral. In 1986 Lewis was convicted of aggravated first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Anyone who knew Officer Eggers, worked at the SeaFirst Bank at the time, or has information about the case is asked to come forward.