Second Lieutenant
Pat Grimes
November 25 , 1941 - May 26 , 1978
Badge #88
Joined in 1966
in an earlier gun fight with Trooper Young and Trooper Summers near Kenefic when the
escapees drove their stolen pickup into a Caddo residence yard.
Trooper Lloyd Basinger, pilot of an OHP aircraft, had spotted the stolen vehicle and guided Patrol units until the convicts stopped their vehicle.
2LT Grimes was killed in the resulting gun fight before the two escapees were themselves shot and killed by troopers.
2LT Hughes received gunshot wounds during the gun fight but subsequently recovered
and returned to duty.
Also see:
Dark day in OHP History May 26, 1978 by Trp. Bruce Schulze #180