On July 25, 1979, Patrolman Royce Leroy Bennett, a 25-year-old law enforcement officer from Deming, New Mexico, was tragically killed in the line of duty. The incident occurred during a routine traffic stop, a situation that is often fraught with unpredictability and danger.
Patrolman Bennett was conducting the traffic stop in a motel parking lot along U.S. Route 70. As he approached the vehicle, the driver, who was known to him, took a lethal action. The individual shot a rifle through t
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