SGT. JAMES R. SCHAFFER
Star # 85 4th District
End of Watch 14 April 1969

Sgt. James Shaffer responded to a man shot in an apartment. As Sergeant Schaffer and fellow officers climbed the rear stairs to the apartment porch, they were met with a burst of gunfire. Sergeant Schaffer bravely engaged in a gun battle with the offender. Tragically, the sergeant suffered a fatal gunshot wound. Detective Jerome Stubing was also fatally wounded in the incident.