On December 8, 2011, Virginia Tech Police Officer Deriek W. Crouse, a 39-year-old male, was fatally shot in his patrol car while conducting a traffic stop on the Blacksburg campus of Virginia Tech. An Army veteran and a married father of five, Officer Crouse was a respected member of the law enforcement community, having served with the Virginia Tech Police Department for four years.
The tragic event unfolded around 12:15 p.m. in a parking lot near Cassell Coliseum. While Officer Crouse w
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