Deputy Sheriff Harland M. Bonner, 49, was shot and killed in the line of duty in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, on June 22, 1984. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Department, where he had served about ten years, Bonner was attempting to serve a warrant when he pursued a man wanted on a DUI charge. During a struggle the suspect gained control of the deputy’s service weapon and fired, fatally wounding him.

Bonner was survived by his wife, two sons, his mother, and two brothers.

Does anyone have memories of Deputy Bonner or information about what followed after the arrest?