Miller County Sheriff's Office, Georgia
End of Watch: Friday, March 21, 1975
Age: 29
Tour of Duty: 2 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: March 21, 1975
Weapon Used: Shotgun; 12 gauge
Suspect Info: Charged with murder
Deputy Stephens was shot and killed by a drunk man who he had just driven home around 8 p.m. When the intoxicated man, a former county commissioner, stepped out of Deputy Stephens' vehicle he grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun out of the back of his pickup truck and shot Deputy Stephens.
Deputy Stephens, an Army veteran who served during the Vietnam War, had been with the agency for 2 years. He was survived by his wife, daughter, two brothers, two sisters, parents, maternal grandmother and other family members.