Deputy Dewayne Arlyn Crenshaw, 62, was killed in the line of duty on the morning of December 3, 2010, while responding to a domestic disturbance on County Road 500 near Ripley, Mississippi. A Tippah County deputy for seven years and a former jailer, Crenshaw was also a U.S. Army Master Sergeant and Vietnam War veteran who had earned several Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star. He was shot after encountering a male subject outside the residence; the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation handled the ensuing inquiry.

Authorities arrested 26-year-old Franklin Fitzpatrick of Pontotoc and charged him with capital murder in connection with the shooting. Fitzpatrick had recently been paroled after serving a sentence for selling cocaine. Deputy Crenshaw was a husband and father of four; his son also worked for the Tippah County Sheriff’s Office.

Did anyone in the Ripley area have information about County Road 500 or the disturbance that night?