Incident
Sergeant Todd Stamper was shot and killed after responding to a neighborhood dispute over a dog.
During the dispute, the suspect shot his neighbor to death and began shooting at other neighbors, who were attempting to help him. When Sergeant Stamper and other officers arrived on the scene, the suspect opened fire on them. Sergeant Stamper was fatally wounded during the ensuing gunfight. The suspect was taken into custody after being shot twice.
The suspect was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to life.
Sergeant Stamper was a U.S. Air Force veteran who served six years with the Air Force police and had served with the Crandon Police Department for 13 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his daughters.
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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Sergeant Stamper gave the Crandon Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Crandon community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Military Service
Todd Jeffrey Stamper served in the Air Force (1980â1986) before joining law enforcement.
Sergeant Todd Jeffrey Stamper is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In WI, 159 of 317 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50.2% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Todd Jeffrey Stamper's cause is highlighted.
How Todd Jeffrey Stamper Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Todd Jeffrey Stamper is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.