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State Trooper Scott Alan Patrick joined the Indiana State Police in 2000 and was fatally shot on December 22, 2003, while assisting a stranded motorist near the Grant Street exit of Interstate 80/94 near Gary.

Trooper Patrick was struck in the chest above his bullet-resistant vest during a struggle with a driver who drew a gun; despite his fatal wound, he returned fire and radioed for assistance before dying in surgery.

Trooper Patrick's actions allowed an assisting trooper to arrive in time to prevent the shooter's escape; the shooter, a convicted drug dealer from Illinois violating his parole, was later convicted of Trooper Patrick's murder in 2006.

Indiana State Road 10 between Wheatfield and Demotte has been named the "Trooper Scott A. Patrick Memorial Highway" and his wife Melissa established the Trooper Scott Patrick Flag Foundation.

The General Assembly urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to erect a memorial to Trooper Patrick at the Grant Street exit ramp of Interstate 80/94 near Gary.