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On the morning of December 11, 1980, 44-year-old Indianapolis Police Sergeant Jack Ohrberg was killed while officers attempted to serve arrest warrants at a residence on North Oxford Street. A 19-year veteran of the force, Ohrberg and colleagues announced themselves and tried to force the front door; gunfire erupted from inside. Sergeant Ohrberg was struck by multiple rounds from an AR-15 rifle and was taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.

Three men — Gregory Duane Resnover, his brother Earl Resnover, and Tommie Joe Smith — were taken into custody after a brief but intense gunfight. The men inside the house were found heavily armed and the door had been barricaded. Earl Resnover later had murder charges dismissed for lack of evidence directly linking him to the shooting, while Gregory Resnover and Tommie Joe Smith were tried for Ohrberg’s killing.

What additional details do readers have about the warrant service that night or the occupants of the North Oxford Street house?