Costable Darrell Lunsford Murder
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Darrell Edward Lunsford, Sr. (October 20, 1943 – January 23, 1991) was a police constable with the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office in Texas. On January 23, 1991, Lunsford pulled over a vehicle with three men inside. The three men were illegally transporting the drug marijuana. Lunsford grew suspicious of the suspects and requested to see what was inside the trunk of the vehicle. When Lunsford saw the marijuana, the suspects attacked Lunsford, then shot and killed him with his own service weapon. They then drove off, leaving Lunsford and his patrol car behind. The entire incident was videotaped on a dashboard camera in Constable Lunford’s cruiser. The three suspects were found at a later date and were then arrested. It was because of the video camera in the cruiser that the police were able to arrest the three killers, who were later imprisoned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Darrell_Lunsford
