Stephan Gene Gray, a 34-year-old police officer from Merced, California, tragically lost his life on April 15, 2004. Officer Gray was conducting a traffic stop in his unmarked patrol car in the 1900 block of Glen Avenue in central Merced when he encountered a male passenger, 21-year-old Tahuna "Tao" Rivera, a felon on parole. During the interaction, Rivera resisted a search and fled on foot. Officer Gray pursued him, but Rivera turned and fired a weapon, striking Gray twice and fatally wounding
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