Deputy Sheriff Ford Tyson ’Toby’ Humphrey, 25, was killed on October 9, 1980, in Stafford, Virginia, while responding off-duty to a domestic disturbance on Leeland Road. A seven-year veteran of the Stafford County Sheriff’s Office who also volunteered with the Fredericksburg Rescue Squad, Humphrey went to assist fellow deputies when a man involved in the dispute broke free, grabbed a nearby shotgun, and fired. Humphrey was struck in the chest and killed at the scene. The shooter was apprehended shortly afterward and charged with capital murder. Deputy Humphrey was survived by his wife and daughter.

What details about that night, or about Humphrey’s service and family, might help explain how events escalated so quickly?