Allen Gentry, the lead detective on the Fritz Klenner-Susie Newsom Lynch murder/suicide case 40 years ago, describes the chase and the explosion that occurred on June 3, 1985.
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison, N.C. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi submachine gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
A photograph of officer Tommy Dennis’ notepad and uniform after he was shot by Fritz Klenner on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner/Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait with his wife, Sandie, on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bulletproof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi 9mm gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
Klenner/Newsom Lynch murder/suicides 40 years later; former police officer Tommy Dennis
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison, N.C. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi 9mm gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
A photograph officer Tommy Dennis’ notepad and uniform after he was shot by Fritz Klenner on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner/Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait with his wife, Sandie, on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison, N.C. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi 9mm gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Frederick "Fritz" Klenner sprayed his Uzi on North College Road near West Friendly Avenue, hitting Greensboro Police Sergeant Tommy Dennis, on June 3, 1985.
News & Record file photo by Joseph Rodriguez
Frederick "Fritz" Klenner sprayed his Uzi on North College Road near West Friendly Avenue, hitting Greensboro Police Sergeant Tommy Dennis, on June 3, 1985.
News & Record file photo by Joseph Rodriguez
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait with his wife, Sandie, on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison, N.C. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi submachine gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Greensboro police officer S.G. Davis stands outside of apartment 28-L Hunt Club Road where Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch lived in 1985 in Greensboro, N.C.
Journal file photo by David Rolfe
Apartment 28-L Hunt Club Road on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Greensboro, N.C. Apartment 28-L is where Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch lived.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Police broke into apartment 28-L Hunt Club Road where Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch lived in 1985 in Greensboro, N.C.
Journal file photo by David Rolfe
Allen Gentry shows the seized item report from the scene of the explosion as well as the Greensboro apartment on Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Advance, N.C.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Police at apartment 28-L Hunt Club Road where Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch lived in 1985 in Greensboro, N.C.
Journal file photo by Tom Rogers
Police at apartment 28-L Hunt Club Road where Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch lived in 1985 in Greensboro, N.C.
Journal file photo by Chuck Eaton
Apartment 28-L Hunt Club Road on Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Greensboro, N.C. Apartment 28-L is where Fritz Klenner and Susie Newsom Lynch lived.
Allison Lee Isley,Journal
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait with his wife, Sandie, on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison, N.C. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi submachine gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison, N.C. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi submachine gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
A photograph of officer Tommy Dennis’ notepad and uniform after he was shot by Fritz Klenner on June 3, 1985, is kept in Allen Gentry’s case file from the 1985 Klenner/Newsom Lynch investigation. Photographed on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at Gentry’s home in Advance, N.C.
Tommy Dennis sits for a portrait with his wife, Sandie, on Monday, June 16, 2025, in Madison. Dennis, who was a major with the Greensboro Police Department in June of 1985, was wearing a bulletproof vest when he was sprayed with bullets from an Uzi 9mm gun when Frederick “Fritz” Klenner opened fire on law enforcement on June 3, 1985.
