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Butler University Police
Department, Indiana
End of Watch:
September 24, 2004
Age:
31
Badge Number:
Unknown
Years on The Job:
2
Weapon Used:
Handgun |
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Butler University Police officer
was shot and killed in the parking lot at Hinkle
Fieldhouse.  The shooting took place at 10:10 Friday morning. Officer James
Davis, 31, was pronounced dead at 11:08 a.m. from a single gunshot wound to the head. The officer's
weapon is missing and believed taken by the
suspect as Kahdir
Al Khattab. Police set up a perimeter from 46th Street to
49th Street between Sunset and Boulevard as they search for the
suspect, Police dispatchers reported as an armed black male who fled
the scene of the shooting on foot. At 11 a.m., a team of
Indianapolis Police and Marion County Sheriff's deputies were going
through garages on Cornelius Ave. north of 47th Street.
Police say the officer had been investigating a suspicious person 
report around the time of the shooting. Davis was seen talking to a
man outside the field house. Officer Davis had called in a request
for information regarding Williams moments before the incident. A
witness reports seeing the man who had been talking to Davis bend
down and pick up a gun as the officer was laying on the ground. The
suspect was apprehended a few hours later, not far from the scene of
the shooting, after being shot and killed by police. Officer Davis
had served with the Butler University Police Department for just
under 2 years.
Davis is survived by his wife and three children, ages 8, 3 and 21
months
Students, faculty and
friends gathered around Officer Davis' car, covered in flowers and
signs, to pay their final respects after the funeral procession
passed through the Butler campus Thursday afternoon.
The funeral procession heads into
Crown Hill, led by Indianapolis Police Lt. Paul Ciesielski, a bagpipe
band, color guard, mounted patrol officers and honor guard. Davis was
laid to rest Thursday in the Heroes of Public Safety section.
Agency
Information:
Butler University Police Department
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Phone: 317-940-9396
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May your families, friends and loved ones find comfort in the fact
that you did not give all in vain.
For your memory will forever be honored in the job that you did
everyday, keeping them and others
you did not know as well as us, your partners, out of harms way. Rest
in honor and peace fallen warriors... In Valor There is Hope.
Police Officer, Rob Pride
Larimer County Drug Task Force, CO
Date: 10/10/2004
Time: 01:24 PM
May God Bless Your family, it will be hard to go on without you....
I pray that god will give them strength and love to remain together
and honor what you have done for them, and all of us to serve and
protect........There are NO words ...... I thank You ... God Bless
Spouse of a P.O.
Geri K
Date: 09/25/2004
Time: 01:05 PM
Our prayers go out to the Davis Family and the Butler police dept. May
God be with all of you and be blessed. Deputy Hale-Cabarrus County
Sheriff Office, Concord, NC
Deputy Sheriff, Marcos F Hale
Cabarrus Co Sheriff, NC
Mixedwon@hotmail.com
www.cabarruslaw.us
Date: 09/24/2004
Time: 07:45 PM
Walk tall, walk tall and protect us from above with honor and dignity.
May you lead the charge for
citizens right in heaven as you did here on earth
Darrell Thompson
Privet Security Officer St. Clair Co. MI,
Community College Campus Patrol #14
darrell@policespecial.com
www.sc4.edu
Rest in peace brother, and
may God allow him
to keep watch over us on earth while he patrols his beat
in heaven.
Our prayers go out
to the Officer and his Department and family.
May they all find peace in their hearts soon.
From all the Staff at Police Special
Inc.
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