Corporal Myron James Massey, 32, was killed in the early morning hours of August 9, 1985, while on patrol in Fairfield, Alabama. Around 3:00 a.m. on Interstate 20 near the Ensley Avenue exit, he stopped a vehicle believed connected to an earlier armed robbery and shooting. As he approached, one of the two occupants fired a handgun, fatally wounding him.

Two suspects were apprehended. One was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life in prison. The other, identified as Patrick Carr, was a juvenile at the time and was adjudicated delinquent and committed to a juvenile facility; he later escaped, was recaptured and sent to Jefferson Correctional Facility. Corporal Massey, a United States Air Force veteran who had served five years with the Fairfield Police Department and had been named Fairfield Police Officer of the Year, left a wife and four children. Avenue G in Fairfield was renamed Myron Massey Boulevard in his honor.

If anyone knew Corporal Massey or has information about the case, please share what is known.