Deputy Sheriff Robert L. Kirby, 25, was killed while serving a warrant on December 1, 1981, in Chickasaw County, Mississippi. Kirby had about two years on the force and went to serve a warrant for domestic assault on 48-year-old Jimmy L. Lancaster after an argument with Lancaster’s wife led to simple assault charges.

According to reports, Lancaster shot Deputy Kirby with a .30 caliber rifle during the service of the warrant and was arrested and charged with capital murder of a peace officer. A jury found Lancaster guilty on June 20, 1982, and he was sentenced to life in prison; the case later reached the Supreme Court of Mississippi where the day’s events were recounted.

Does anyone have details about Deputy Kirby’s service or the scene that have not been shared publicly?