Don Burt

   
 Agency: California Highway Patrol
    
 State: California
   
 End of Watch: 07/13/1996
    
 Title/Rank: Officer
    
 Age: 25
  
 Cause of Death: Gunshot
  
 Information: Officer Burt was shot and killed in Fullerton, California, while making a traffic stop. Officer Burt was impounding the vehicle after discovering that the driver was driving on a suspended license. As he was searching the trunk he found forged payroll checks and counterfeit traveler's checks. When he went to question the suspect the man produced a 9 mm handgun and shot him six times. As he lay on the ground the suspect stole his weapon and keys and then shot him execution style in the head.