Corrections Sergeant Shannon Douglas Russell
Pima County Sheriff's Department
Arizona

End of Watch: Thursday, December 5, 2002
Cause: Heart attack

Biographical Info
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: Not available

Sergeant Shannon Russell suffered a fatal heart attack during physical training exercises at the department's training facility on South Rita Ranch Road.

Other officers administered CPR until he was transported to Kino Community Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Sergeant Russell had been employed with the Pima County Sheriff's Department for 12 years, and was a member of the agency's emergency response team. He was posthumously promoted to Corrections Sergeant. He is survived by his father.

 
Photograph: Corrections Sergeant Shannon Douglas Russell

Patch image: Pima County Sheriff's Department, Arizona

Visit Corrections Sergeant Russell's memorial at www.ODMP.org