National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

Officer Rank: Trooper

Memorial Panel: 29-W: 22

Department: Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

End of Watch: August 31, 2000

Cause: AUTO

Age: 24

Years of Service: 2

Description: Trooper Evans was en route to assist another State Trooper in a drug-related traffic stop. On a different call, Oklahoma City Police Officer Jeff Rominger had just begun chasing a vehicle on I-40. During the chase a tractor-trailer topped a hill and collided with the suspect's vehicle. Officer Rominger's vehicle and Trooper Evans vehicle then crashed into the tractor-trailer and the suspect's vehicle. All four vehicles became engulfed in flames. Trooper Evans was trapped inside his cruiser and pronounced dead at the scene. Officer Rominger died en route to the hospital.