Deputy Sheriff Larkin V. Pettit was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance in DeSoto County, Mississippi, on the evening of Sunday, March 8, 1981. He was 37 and had served with the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Department for five years. The deputy was met with gunfire and died from the attack.

Pettit was a husband and father of two; his death deeply affected his family, fellow officers and the Hernando area.

Does anyone have memories of Deputy Pettit, or information about the 1981 investigation that could help fill in what happened?