On April 14, 1984, 26-year-old Norfolk Police Officer Douglas Eric Drye was killed while responding to a report of shots fired on Green Street. He and another officer found a woman inside a car with a gunshot wound; while they attempted to render aid, a man inside a nearby home opened fire with an M-1 rifle and struck Officer Drye.

Fellow officers and two citizens pulled him to cover, but his wounds were too severe and he died before reaching the hospital. He had served with the Norfolk Police Department for two years and was survived by his wife, daughter, and parents. The standoff with the gunman ended when the suspect was shot and killed at the scene.

Did anyone in the Norfolk area at the time have information about what led to shots being fired on Green Street that morning?