On June 7, 1979, at approximately 12:44 a.m., Officer Buford Dedeaux stopped to investigate a suspicious individual riding a bicycle near Yeager's Grocery Store on 25th Avenue north of 34th Street in Gulfport.  After asking the individual to empty a small bag he was carrying, the individual produced a .25 caliber handgun and shot Officer Dedeaux twice.  Officer Dedeaux was thirty-four years old at the time of his death and was survived by his wife and two sons.

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