Benjamin Louis Short was a 29-year-old Detroit Police Officer who was fatally shot on Friday, March 25, 1994. An undercover narcotics officer with seven years on the force, he was off-duty and at the Tropical Hut Lounge on Livernois Avenue in Detroit with his partner when a fight erupted around 1:00 a.m. During the altercation an individual produced a handgun; Officer Short intervened to try to de-escalate and was shot and killed.

Short was a husband and a two-month-old son’s father.

Did anyone who frequented the Tropical Hut Lounge in March 1994 or who knew Officer Short have information that could shed light on what happened that night?