Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: Not available
Badge # Not available
Cause: Assault
Incident Date: 8/31/1981
Weapon: Person
Suspect: Not available
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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.
