When Evansville, Indiana, firefighter Robert “Robbie” Doerr was discovered shot dead in his driveway on Feb. 26, 2019, after picking up an additional shift, Doerr’s colleagues could not have known how heartbreaking and personal the night would become after joining first responders at the scene.
“The ones that were called to the scene, they all knew Robbie,” Doerr’s best friend and fellow firefighter Larry Wildt said. “The last image they got is Robbie laying there dead on the sidewalk.”
Wildt said Doerr was someone who always wanted people to smile. “He would do whatever he could to make someone happy,” Wildt remembered about the 28-year veteran of the department.
A new “20/20” episode, “Fire & Vice,” airing Friday, Nov. 8, at 9 p.m. ET and streaming the next day on Hulu, examines the case.
Doerr’s daughter, Lindsey Griffin, described to ABC News’ Matt Gutman her father’s unfaltering commitment to support his family.