Shawn Phillip Bandy was a 23-year-old Detroit police officer with four years of service when he was mortally wounded during a daylight ambush on Saturday, December 5, 1998. Officers were pursuing a van tied to an earlier abduction when, at Nashville Street and Westphalia, someone in the van opened fire with a rifle. Multiple cruisers were struck; Bandy, riding as the passenger in the first marked patrol car, was hit multiple times in the head, neck, and chest and was taken to St. Johns Memorial Hospital.

Bandy died of his wounds the next day, Sunday, December 6, 1998. Other officers were injured by gunfire and flying glass; Mike Todd, driving an unmarked vehicle, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and survived the initial attack but was left with paralysis and a severe brain injury. An investigation led to the arrest of five suspects; four were convicted of first-degree murder and received life sentences, while a fifth was given a 5 to 15 year term.

Does anyone have information about Officer Bandy, his unit, or the shooting that could help fill gaps in the timeline or the ambush itself?