Died April 23, 1993 as a result of a gunshot wound he received during an early morning car stop on April 22. About 1:48 a.m., Officer Spanos stopped a car at 5800 N. Cincinnati Ave. His backing officer found him lying next to his patrol unit with a bullet wound to the head. He was transported to the hospital where he died at 12:26 p.m. the following day. The driver of the suspect vehicle fled the state but was eventually apprehended, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of Officer Spanos.
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The TPD oath of office ends with "WITH MY LIFE, if need be". Most of the time it seems like those are just words. Unfortunately, Gus was one of the officers who showed us that those are not just words but have real meaning.
The foul words that I would like to use to describe my feelings of this low-life perp that committed this heinous senseless murder are not printable in this column