Deputy Sheriff John Dean Landrum, aged 52, was shot and killed on February 15, 1989, while responding to a domestic disturbance in Paris, Illinois. Landrum, who served with the Edgar County Sheriff's Department for 12 years, was fatally wounded in the chest by a .45-caliber handgun. The suspect, a 22-year-old man suffering from mental illness, had initially placed the gun down but later retrieved it and shot Landrum multiple times. Despite wearing a bullet-resistant vest, Landrum succumbed to hi
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