at approximately 3 : 20 p . m . , an unnamed caller reported sight of the suspects on a short alley , east 27th street , causing police to create a shield , including the suspect . this is wherein the other several officers were shot , this time in an exchange of violence while attempting to carry the unidentified partner of the two policemen into arms . the one was killed by enemy gunfire . the suspects name was lovelle mixon , aged 26 , having had a sentence issued for his imprisonment after his bail was renewed for possession of duty . all four of the officers were take to highlands hospital in critical condition where they all subsequently died of their concussion . there calls were : barton erv powers , age 43 , princeton dan shiga , 35 , john hege aged 41 and mark dunakin , 40 .
Sargent Dan Sakai was a colleague of John Hege.