In the late summer of 1977, a tragic event unfolded in the small city of Walterboro, South Carolina, that would cut short the life of a young law enforcement officer. On September 19, 1977, Deputy Sheriff Stephen Anthony Breland, a 26-year-old White male with the Colleton County Sheriff's Office, responded to a call for backup that would prove to be his last. His fellow deputies were attempting to serve a warrant at a residence on Lewis Street for a man who had reportedly been brandishing a fire
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