First Class John Mark "Dooley" Hardy, aged 28, was a dedicated officer with the Abbeville Police Department in Louisiana. On the evening of December 23, 1992, Officer Hardy was fatally shot during a routine traffic stop. He was in the process of arresting the driver of a vehicle on outstanding warrants when the passenger of the vehicle approached him from behind and shot him in the head with a .45 caliber handgun. Despite being rushed to the hospital, Officer Hardy was pronounced dead early the
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