Elmer L. Hunter served in the U.S. Navy.
Officer Elmer Hunter was shot and killed while escorting a man off of a city bus at Nichols Avenue (modern-day Martin Luther King Jr Avenue) and Alabama Avenue, SE. The two became engaged in a struggle, and the suspect pulled out a .32 caliber handgun and shot him three times. The subject was arrested several hours later. Officer Hunter was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Metropolitan Police Department for one year.
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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.
Officer Hunter gave the Metropolitan Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Washington community, and 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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