Sheriff Duane A. Badder, 47, was killed in the line of duty in Rogers City, Michigan on October 29, 1979. A ten-year veteran of the Presque Isle County Sheriff’s Department, Badder responded to a report that a man known to law enforcement had fired shots at a neighbor’s house. He approached the armed man and attempted to persuade him to drop his weapon.

A deputy who had also responded returned fire and killed the shooter at the scene; investigators later found the deputy’s actions to be justified as self-defense and defense of others. There was no arrest because the shooter died at the scene.

Badder was survived by his wife and five children.