Fresh Honor for CHP Officer Killed in Burlingame

Law enforcement officials, political leaders and community members will gather on Friday, May 17, at a ceremony naming the rest area on Highwya 280 just past the Doran Bridge after a fallen California Highway Patrol officer.

Officer Dale Krings, a six-year veteran of the California Highway Patrol, was fatally shot in the line of duty in May 1962.

Krings and his partner, Officer Vincent Bianchini, were completing their shift and were having breakfast at a local coffee shop, which was occupied by about 20 other customers. 

The suspect, Edward Lang Hargrove, was also in the coffee shop, when Hargrove left his table, went outside and returned carrying a rifle.

From about 15 feet away, Hargrove fired the first shot and wounded a waitress. Krings immediately drew his service weapon as the suspect fired at him.

Though mortally wounded, Krings returned fire, killing the suspect and saving his partner and the other customers.

Krings was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

The event on May 17, 2013, is to recognize the culmination of those efforts and the official naming of the rest area in the name of Officer Krings.

CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow, other members of the CHP, friends and family of Officer Krings, and State Senator Jerry Hill will be in attendance at the ceremony.

DATE: Friday, May 17, 2013

TIME: 11:00 AM

LOCATION: Rest Area on I-280 Northbound just past the Doran Bridge

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