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On September 5, 1982
Frankie M. Shivers was shot while attempting to assist a woman who
was involved in a car accident. This was a bizarre incident which
began with a traffic stop by Officer John Lunney. While writing
the citation, another car slammed into Lunney's police cruiser hurling
Lunney onto the roof of the vehicle he had stopped. The vehicle causing
the crash burst into flames and threw it's driver into the back seat.
Shivers, responding as a back-up, attempted to rescue the woman in the
burning vehicle. As Officer Shivers tried to save the woman's life,
the woman grabbed Shiver's revolver and shot her several times. A
shoot-out then ensued and the woman was killed. Officer Shivers died the
following day (September 6, 1982). The investigation revealed that the woman had intentionally
hit the police cruiser in an attempt to kill herself. Shivers was
honored posthumously as Officer of the Year for 1982.
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