In an act of kindness that tragically turned fatal, 55-year-old Lauderdale County Deputy Sheriff Bobby Joe Nolen was killed on January 2, 1990. On that Tuesday, Deputy Nolen and his partner, Deputy Kevan M. Ward, came across an 82-year-old man whose car had broken down. The deputies, unaware of the danger that lay ahead, offered the elderly man a ride.
As they drove into the city limits of Ripley, Tennessee, the man, who was seated in the back of the patrol car, unexpectedly drew a. 357 c
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