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Douglas Drye

Case from Norfolk, VA dated Apr 14, 1984

Victim Details

Douglas Eric Drye

Male

White / Caucasian

Norfolk

VA

1984-04-14

26

Douglas

Drye

07/08/2026

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In the early morning hours of April 14, 1984, a sense of duty called 26-year-old Norfolk Police Officer Douglas Eric Drye to a residence on Green Street. Responding to a report of shots fired, he and another officer arrived to find a woman suffering from a gunshot wound inside a car. As they attempted to render aid, a man from inside the nearby home opened fire with an M-1 rifle, striking Officer Drye.

Despite the immediate danger, his fellow officer and two citizens pulled the fallen pol ...
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