Community pays tribute to slain officer on five-year anniversary

RICHMOND, Ky. (WTVQ) – On the fifth anniversary of his death, a community remembers

Daniel Ellis

an officer lost in the line of duty.

Richmond Police Officer Daniel Ellis died Nov. 6, 2015 and the community came together Friday to honor his memory, presenting a wreath as one of many tributes to his service.

Ellis died two days after he was ambushed and shot in the head while searching an apartment for a robbery suspect, authorities said.

A seven-year ceteran of the department, Ellis was 33 at the time and left behind a wife and son who was 4 at the time.

He was in line to become a detective at the time.

The man who shot him, 39-year-old Raleigh Sizemore Jr. was an ex-convict. He’s serving a life sentence.

At the time, authorities said Ellis and another officer went to an apartment searching for a suspect who’d tried to mug a woman in the parking lot of a downtown gas station.

Sizemore opened fire, shooting Ellis in the head. The officer’s partner returned fire, wounding Sizemore.