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Albuquerque Police Officer Daniel Webster died early Thursday morning after being shot outside of a pharmacy during a routine traffic shop Oct. 21.

Webster pulled over Davon Lymon for riding a motorcycle with a stolen license plate and, according to police, the suspect then shot the policeman multiple times before fleeing the scene. Authorities later found Mr. Lymon hiding in a shed with a handcuff on only one wrist.

鈥淥fficer Webster was the very best example of a life committed to public service, through his service to our country and to our community,鈥� Chief Gorden Eden said in a statement Thursday morning.

Webster served in the US Army before working as a police officer for nine years. He was awarded Albuquerque police鈥檚 Uniformed Officer of the Year in 2013 and served as a representative on the local police union鈥檚 board of directors. Webster had previously been on detective duty, but recently returned to the streets because of a local officer shortage.

鈥淚t was impossible to know him and not love him,鈥� Stephanie Lopez, the president of the union, told The Associated Press. 鈥淒an was the type of person that would go above and beyond his call of duty鈥�He would respond to make a difference.鈥澛�

Lymon had a criminal record, including voluntary manslaughter and aggravated battery charges in 2001, to which he pleaded guilty, and aggravated battery and kidnapping charges in 2014 that were dismissed.聽

Webster鈥檚 shooting came one day after the Albuquerque highway shooting of 4-year-old Lily Garcia. Supporters of strict gun laws are adding these cases to their reasons for reform.聽

As The Monitor鈥檚 Henry Gass reported last week, the town of Red Wing, Minn., asked the city council to consider federal hate-crime protections for law enforcement. 鈥淐haracterizing recent lethal attacks on police as part of a broader national crisis,鈥� and proponents want to make attacks such as Lymon鈥檚 subject to hate crime prosecution.

This report contains material from the Associated Press.