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Case Description
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On a September day in 1985, the life of a dedicated state trooper was tragically cut short on the side of a highway in Jasper County, South Carolina. Bruce Kenneth Smalls, a 30-year-old male Trooper First Class with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, was shot and killed during a traffic stop on Interstate 95. Unbeknownst to Trooper Smalls, the vehicle he pulled over was occupied by individuals who had just committed a murder. The man who pulled the trigger was 22-year-old Richard Charles Johnson ...Read More
Victim Details

First Class Bruce Kenneth

Male

Black / African American

Jasper

SC

1985-09-27

30

Bruce

Kenneth

01/10/2026