RALPH ARTHUR PAINTER
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Officer Rank: Chief of Police
Memorial Panel: 29-W: 28
Department: Rainer, Oregon, P.D.
End of Watch: January 5, 2011
Cause: SHOT
Age: 55
Years of Service: 22
Description: Chief of Police Painter was shot and killed while responding to a report of an auto theft in progress. Upon arriving at the scene, Chief Painter confronted the suspect. The suspect attacked Chief Painter and took the gun from his duty belt. The suspect shot Chief Painter in the head with his own gun. Chief Painter was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspect was shot and wounded by law enforcement officers before he was taken into custody.
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