Archie Calvin Buggs was a 30-year-old patrolman with the San Diego Police Department when he was killed on November 4, 1978. He was conducting a routine traffic stop for speeding in the 7100 block of Skyline Drive when, as he approached the rear of the vehicle, one of the two occupants exited and shot him six times. Buggs’ partner found him lying in the street with his ticket book nearby; he died at the scene.

The two suspects, then aged 17 and 18, were arrested about three hours later and were convicted of Buggs’ murder and sentenced to life in prison. Buggs, a Vietnam veteran, had served four years with the department and was survived by his fiancée, his mother, and his siblings. The Skyline substation was renamed the Archie Buggs Memorial Building in November 2017.

Does anyone have memories of Archie, or new information about the crime or its aftermath that could add to the record?