Deputy Sheriff Dennis Lee Sheffield, 23, was shot and killed on February 15, 1984, while serving a civil summons in Troy, North Carolina. Sheffield and two other deputies had gone to a Page Street residence to seize property valued at $78,000 to satisfy a debt. Sheffield approached the front door while another deputy covered the rear. After several minutes of knocking the occupant opened the door and shot Sheffield in the chest. The other officers on the scene then shot and killed the suspect.

Sheffield had two years with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and four years in law enforcement. His death was ruled a line-of-duty shooting. He is remembered on a memorial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Troy.

If anyone knew Deputy Sheffield or has information about the incident on Page Street in 1984, please share what you know.