JOHN RAYMOND HEGE

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 7-W: 27
Department: Oakland, California, P.D.
End of Watch: March 22, 2009
Cause: SHOT
Age: 41
Years of Service: 9
Description: Officer Hege and Sergeant Mark Dunakin were shot and killed during a traffic stop. The driver opened fire on the officers, fled on foot, and barricaded himself in an apartment. The SWAT team responded, and the suspect opened fire with a rifle, killing Sergeant Ervin Romans and Sergeant Daniel Sakai, before being shot and killed by responding officers. Officer Hege died of his injuries the day after the shooting.
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