Deputy Sheriff Robert E. Mayo, a 46-year-old White U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea and Vietnam, was mortally wounded after responding to a manhunt in Dickson County, Tennessee. In the summer of 1977 two inmates — a man and a woman — escaped the county jail, broke into a home, robbed the occupant, and fled in a stolen car. A constable later spotted the vehicle on Highway 49; the pursuit ended when the car crashed about four miles east of Charlotte.

During the ensuing search a Dickson Police Department K9 named Max found the male suspect hiding in a tree and was fatally shot. Deputy Mayo rushed toward the gunfire and was shot in the neck by the suspect on June 14, 1977. Mayo survived for four months but died of the wound on October 18, 1977. The shooter evaded the immediate manhunt and was later killed in a shootout with the Connecticut State Police. Mayo left a wife and seven children; he had 24 years in law enforcement.

Are there anyone who remembers Deputy Mayo or has information about the 1977 escape and manhunt?