On March 8, 2000, in Memphis, Tennessee, Deputy Sheriff Rupert Holliday Peete Jr., 45, was fatally shot while responding to reports of shots fired. Peete, a United States Army veteran who had served with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office for three years, was the first law enforcement officer to arrive after firefighters answered a house fire at Germantown Road and Bay Hollow Cove. William Morris Blakemore Sr., 48.

A fourth victim, Stacey Harrison Williams, 32, was found dead in the garage. The alleged shooter, described as a firefighter recently returned to duty from disability, was taken into custody after other deputies arrived and shot him when he refused to drop his weapon. Deputy Peete is survived by his wife and three children.

Does anyone have memories of Deputy Peete or information about that night that could help clarify what happened?