Deputy Jack B. Miller, 33, of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was killed during a narcotics search warrant on January 8, 1988, in South Central Los Angeles. Miller, a 12-year department veteran assigned to Lennox Station, was shot in the back of the head as officers entered a residence on West 55th Street; he was taken to County-USC Medical Center and died the next day. Another deputy, John Dickenson, was wounded and later released from the hospital.

Authorities reported seizing a large quantity of cocaine and several firearms at the scene. A 41-year-old woman, Dorothy Waters, and a 17-year-old boy were arrested at the house and charged with murder and possession of cocaine for sale. A third suspect was found dead inside the home, and two others were detained for questioning and released. Miller was a father of two and his death was the department’s first line-of-duty death that year.

What details about the operation or the suspects’ movements that night might help explain how the shooting unfolded?