Marion Lee "Corky" Guthrie, a 52-year-old white male, was a Deputy Sheriff in Hemphill County, Texas. He was tragically killed on July 12, 1980, while responding to a silent alarm at Lad's Pharmacy in Canadian, Texas. Guthrie was ambushed and shot twice with a shotgun before he could exit his patrol car. The first shot was fired from several yards away, and the second shot was delivered at point-blank range after the suspect opened the driver's side door of the patrol car. When Guthrie was found
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