For the second time in little more than a month, a police officer who had served in the Marine Corps has been gunned down.

Chad P. Dermyer, a Virginia state trooper, was killed Thursday when a gunman opened fire at a bus terminal in Richmond, Virginia. Two women were injured in the shootout. The gunman was killed by Dermyer's fellow state troopers.

Dermyer enlisted in the Marine Corps in May 1998 and completed recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, according to Manpower and Reserve Affairs. He served as a machine gunner until May 2002, leaving the service as a sergeant.

In this November 2014 photo provided by the Virginia State Police, trooper Chad Dermyer poses for a photo as he receives his graduation diploma from Superintendent Col. W. Steven Flaherty. Dermyer died Thursday after being shot while responding to a call at a Greyhound bus station in Richmond.The gunman was shot dead by two other troopers.

Photo Credit: Virginia State Police via AP

He deployed in support of Operation Southern Watch between August 1999 and January 2000. His last duty station was Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

Originally from Brooklyn, Michigan, Dermyer received the following military awards: Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal; Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal; National Defense Service Medal; Sea Service Deployment Ribbon (twice); Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; and Armed Forces Reserve Medal.

He is the second Marine turned police officer killed recently. On Feb. 28, Ashley Guindon was killed on her first day serving with the Prince William County Police Department in Virginia.

Guindon served as a field radio operator in the Marine Corps Reserve from May 2007 to February 2015. She left the Marines as a corporal.

Saturday's annual Marine Corps Marathon's 17.75-kilometer race will be dedicated to her memory.

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