Detective Donald Miller, 33, was shot while off duty on December 23, 2001, in New Bern, North Carolina. He and his wife were leaving the hospital after visiting their newborn when Miller saw a man driving recklessly in the New Hanover Regional Medical Center parking lot and confronted him. The man suddenly produced a handgun and opened fire, wounding Miller. Miller pushed his wife out of the line of fire and died of his injuries two days later.

Miller had served ten years in law enforcement, including time with the New Bern Police Department, the Wilmington Police Department, and New Hanover Regional Medical Center Special Police, and was a United States Army veteran. He is survived by his wife, two sons, his parents, a brother, and a sister. The shooter was apprehended and convicted of murder and later received a life sentence.

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