Lieutenant Rufus Frank Looper III
Greenville County Sheriff's Office
South Carolina
End of Watch: Saturday, February 1, 1975

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Friday, January 31, 1975
Weapon Used: Handgun; .32 caliber
Suspect Info: Sentenced to life in prison

Lieutenant Looper was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious person at his fathers garage. Lieutenant Looper, who was off-duty, went to his father's garage after his father contacted him and told him there was a suspicious person inside the business. As Lieutenant Looper entered the building he was shot once in the head. He died the following
morning at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Lieutenant Looper's father was also shot by the suspect, dying from his wounds four hours later. The suspect was arrested and sentenced to death, but the sentence was later commuted to life in prison.

On October 10, 2007, the suspect was denied parole.