death_date death_place birth_place cause_of_death body_discovered nationality name birth_date article_title birth_name
23 january 1991 garrison , texas , u.s. houston , texas , u.s. gunshot wound to the neck january 23 , 1991 american darrell edward lunsford , sr. . 20 october 1943 murder of darrell lunsford
 darrell edward lunsford
murder of darrell lunsford

darrell edward lunsford , sr. -lrb- october 20 , 1943 -- january 23 , 1991 -rrb- was a police constable of nacogdoches county , texas .
on january 23 , 1991 , lunsford pulled over a vehicle with three men inside , who were transporting marijuana .
lunsford grew suspicious of the suspects and requested to see what was inside the trunk of the vehicle .
when lunsford saw the marijuana , the suspects attacked lunsford , then shot and killed him with his own sidearm .
they then drove off , leaving lunsford and his patrol car behind .
the entire incident was videotaped on the personal video camera lunsford had installed on the dash of his cruiser .
the three suspects were later found and convicted for the murder .
