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Ofc. Loren D. Scruggs
CHP - Santa Maria
Date of Birth: Unk
Date Appointed: Unk
End of Watch: April 23, 1971
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Officer Loren D. Scruggs, 35, had stopped a car for a registration violation, when another driver parked across the road and approached him to ask directions. While Scruggs was answering his questions, the young man suddenly pulled a gun and shot the patrol officer. The killer fled but was found later - a suicide. Scruggs was a nine-year veteran of the CHP and had served his entire career in Santa Maria, where he had also attended high school and college.
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