On December 14, 2022, Sergeant Steven Michael Robin, 34, was killed while on duty in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. He and Officer Branden Estorffe responded to a Motel 6 for a welfare check on a woman and a young child seated in a parked vehicle. The officers spent about half an hour speaking with the woman, identified as veterinarian Amy Brogdon Anderson of Ocean Springs, before calling child protective services because of concerns for the child’s welfare.

Shortly after CPS was contacted, Anderson opened fire on the officers. Sergeant Robin was fatally wounded in the exchange. Officer Estorffe, despite being mortally wounded himself, returned fire and killed Anderson at the scene. The child in the vehicle was not physically harmed.

Robin had three years with the Bay St. Louis Police Department and a total of twelve years in law enforcement, including prior service with the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department and the Waveland Police Department. He is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren and remembered for mentoring younger officers and his fondness for Walt Disney World.

If anyone has information about the incident or knew Sgt. Robin or the family, please come forward.