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| Investigator Thomas Jay Smith
Tarrant County Sheriff's Department
Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 16, 1997 Biographical Info
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Aircraft accident
Date of Incident: Tuesday, September 16, 1997
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Investigator Smith and Lieutenant George Hendrix were killed when their helicopter crashed. Lieutenant Hendrix was piloting the aircraft, one of two donated to the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office by the US military. Witnesses stated that the helicopter had just taken off when it plummeted straight down. Bystanders pulled both deputies from the wreckage and administered CPR but were unable to save them due to intensive spinal, head, and internal injuries. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
