Officer Scruggs was shot and killed by a suspect because he was a police officer. He had stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation. Officer Scruggs was talking to the driver when another man parked across the street and approached him. The man asked Officer Scruggs for directions. Suddenly, the man pulled out a handgun and shot him. The suspect fled the scene, but was later found after committing suicide.
Officer Scruggs had been with the agency for nine years.
