In the spring of 1963, Patrolman Jerrell P. Vaughan, a 32-year-old male officer with the North Little Rock Police Department, tragically lost his life in the line of duty. On the night of April 16, he and another officer conducted a traffic stop on State Highway 130, about three miles southeast of the city. The vehicle they pulled over contained two men who had reportedly been involved in a brawl at a bar earlier that evening. As Patrolman Vaughan approached the car, a single gunshot rang out, s
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