On the evening of July 29, 1993, 28-year-old Indiana State Trooper Todd Allen Burman was shot and killed in Camden, Indiana while responding to assist the local town marshal with a disorderly subject. Officers had followed a 66-year-old man back to his home after the marshal attempted to arrest him for disorderly conduct over a dispute about a stop sign. As officers entered the house, the man appeared in a hallway armed with a .30-30 rifle and fired a single shot that struck Trooper Burman in the chest. Although wearing a bullet-resistant vest, the rifle round penetrated it. Burman was taken to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Lafayette, where he died. The 66-year-old suspect suffered a fatal heart attack at the scene while other officers worked to subdue him and died shortly afterward.

Burman had served with the Indiana State Police for two years and seven months, was assigned to the Lafayette post, and also worked as a paramedic in his community. Did anyone in the area at the time witness the incident or have information about what led up to the confrontation?