On August 18, 1980, at around 1:00 p.m., Detective Herbert Ray Sullivan parked his unmarked pickup truck in the parking lot at the Save Inn on 54th Avenue North. Sitting beside him was his partner, Detective Harry Herbst.
After the vehicle stopped, Detective Herbst got out and entered the motel where the drug deal was to take place. Detective Sullivan held the money for the deal. None of the backup units had a visual on him, and no one noticed a man approach the truck and open fire, hitting Detective Sullivan multiple times.
Police arrested a suspect the following day and charged him with the murder. A second man involved in the shooting fled to Spain and was later extradited. Both men were sentenced to life in prison.
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