Motorcycle Officer James B. Irby made a traffic stop near the intersection of Airline and Lyerly. As Officer Irby was talking to the driver, Carl Wayne Buntion exited the passenger side of the vehicle. After being instructed to return to the vehicle, Buntion retrieved a .357 magnum revolver from the front seat. He fired several times at Officer Irby, striking him in the head and torso. Buntion fled on foot and was apprehended in a business on Lyerly. Officer Irby was pronounced dead at Hermann Hospital. Suspect Buntion was convicted of Capital Murder and was sentenced to death by lethal injection.