Bio: Patrolman Jeffery Westerfield was a veteran of Operation Desert Storm and was scheduled to be married in one and a half months.
Survived by:
Daughter (4)
Fatal Incident Summary
Offender:
No Info
Location:
2600 block of Van Buren Street
Gary,
Lake County,
IN
USA
Sun. Jul. 06, 2014
Summary:
Patrolman Jeffery Westerfield was shot and killed from ambush as he sat in his patrol car in the 2600 block of Van Buren Street.
A citizen called 911 at 5:50 am after discovering Patrolman Westerfield unresponsive in his patrol car. Multiple shell casing found outside of the vehicle. The exact circumstances of his death are unknown. He had responded to the same area on a call earlier in the night.
Three suspects on scene were taken into custody for questioning.
