On September 7, 1988, Walden Police Department officer Gary Dockery, a 43-year-old male, responded to what he believed was a routine domestic disturbance call, a summons that would irrevocably alter the course of his life and culminate in his death years later. The call was a fabrication, a deliberate trap set by Samuel Frank Downey, who was intoxicated and harbored resentment towards the police over previous noise complaints. Upon Dockery's arrival, Downey shot the officer in the head at point-
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