On January 5, 1984, the community of Columbia, Mississippi, was shaken by the violent death of Deputy Sheriff Jerry Bryant, a 44-year-old male who had recently joined the Marion County Sheriff�s Department. Deputy Bryant had been serving with the department for only six days when the incident occurred. That evening, he was on patrol investigating a series of recent burglaries in the area when he encountered two men he deemed suspicious. In the course of stopping the individuals for questioning,
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