Gary Lavaughn Sumpter served in the U.S. Navy.
Patrolman Gary Sumpter was shot and killed during a vehicle pursuit that went into a wooded area. The subject he was chasing rounded a curve, stopped his car, and waited with a rifle for the officers to come around the curve. When Patrolman Sumpter appeared the man opened fire, killing him. The man also shot and wounded a state trooper before committing suicide. Patrolman Sumpter was a U.S. Navy veteran.
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In tribute
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.
Patrolman Sumpter served with the Toledo Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Toledo 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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