It was 33 years ago today that Officer Michael Schiavina was shot and killed.
He and Alain Beauregard were approaching a car with two men in it.
It turned out that one of the men inside of the car, fired at the officer, striking him in the chest and Beauregard in the head.
Officer Beauregard died three days later.
Schiavina was just 28 years old.
(Picture with thanks Springfield Police Department)