Richard L. Rose

In the small community of Covington, Tennessee, the life of a young law enforcement officer was cut short under a cloud of suspicion and controversy. On a Monday evening, November 28, 1988, a call went out that 22-year-old Deputy Sheriff Richard L. Rose had been shot inside the Tipton County Sheriff's Office. He was airlifted to a hospital but succumbed to a gunshot wound to his head the following morning, November 29, 1988. This tragic event would unravel a story that went far beyond a simple a ...