Air Force Veteran Killed by SWAT was Retired Master Sgt

Airman killed in standoff with police was father, decorated veteran 
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
By KIMBERLY DE LA CRUZ
March 10, 2015

The retired airman shot and killed by Las Vegas police during a standoff in late February was a father and decorated veteran who specialized in warplane bombs and missiles.

Francis “Frank” Lamantia Spivey, 43, served in the U.S. Air Force from August 1990 to July 2014, when he retired as a master sergeant, according to Air Force spokesman Michael Dickerson.

Spivey’s job was as a munitions systems specialist; he tested, assembled and transported ammunition. He was a recipient of the Air Force Achievement Medal, Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, Dickerson said.

Spivey donned his Air Force uniform one last time Feb. 25, and went to the open stairwell of his apartment building armed with an AR 15.

He called police to say he may kill himself, then stood outside his unit at Eagle Trace apartments, 5370 E. Craig Road, with a gun pointed to his chin.
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