Correctional Officer Rex Thompson
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Oklahoma
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 1, 1981

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Assault
Date of Incident: Monday, August 31, 1981
Weapon Used: Person
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Thompson succumbed to head injuries received the previous day when he was assaulted by a prisoner. Officers were in the process of performing a lock-down due to a prison fight. During the lock-down one of the inmates attacked Officer Thompson near his station at the control center, he fell backwards, hitting his head on a three or four inch steel beam and a concrete sidewalk. Officer Thompson died from blunt force injury to the head.

Officer Thompson was survived by his wife and two children.