On the early morning of October 7, 1988, James William Lance, Jr., a 40-year-old white male and a lieutenant with the Southaven Police Department in Mississippi, was tragically killed in the line of duty. The incident unfolded at approximately 1:30 a.m. when Lieutenant Lance conducted a traffic stop on Goodman Road. The vehicle he pulled over matched the description of one that had been involved in several armed robberies in the neighboring city of Memphis, Tennessee.
As Lieutenant Lance
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