Remembering Officer Daniel T. Fraembs. EOW: May 11, 1996
Officer Fraembs was shot and killed while checking on three suspicious persons, two male gang members and a female, in an industrial area of Pomona on May 11, 1996.
As Officer Fraembs patted down the first male suspect, the second man was able to draw a .45 caliber handgun and fatally shot Officer Fraembs. The gang member responsible was captured and sentenced to death in 1997.
Looking back at Officer Daniel Fraembs childhood, he was destined for a career in law enforcement. Daniel was found orphaned on a beach in Hong Kong and taken into an orphanage by a local policeman. At nine months old, he was adopted by Donald and Dorothy Fraembs of Cincinnati, Ohio, and became a citizen of the United States in 1963. He rose to the rank of sergeant during four years in the U.S. Marine Corps until receiving an honorable discharge, and 3 years later, in 1988, started his appointment to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. He worked with the Sheriff's Department for 5 years, before joining the Pomona Police Department.
In 2021, the City of Pomona dedicated a new road, Fraembs Way, in his honor. The commemorative street, Fraembs Way, is located near the area where Officer Fraembs was killed. Fraembs Way is now the new entrance of the Pomona Police Department Firing Range on west Mission Blvd. between Humane Way and Phillips Dr.
We will never forget Officer Daniel Fraembs.
