Bio & Incident Details
Age: 29
Tour: 1 year
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 7/27/1969
Weapon: Handgun; .22 caliber
Suspect: Sentenced to life
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Trooper Bufford was shot and killed while making a traffic stop. As Trooper Bufford issued a summons the passenger exited the vehicle and shot him.
The suspect had recently been paroled from the Arkansas Penitentiary after serving seven years of a 21 year sentence for the murder of a fellow inmate. He was convicted of Trooper Bufford's murder and sentenced to life in prison on January 19, 1970.
Trooper Bufford had served with the agency for 1 year. He was survived by his expectant wife and one child.
