Bio & Incident Details
Age: 45
Tour: 7 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 5/19/1942
Weapon: Shotgun
Suspect: Pardoned
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Sheriff Thomas Wooldridge was shot and killed in an ambush by a suspect he had previously arrested. As Sheriff Wooldridge walked down a street in Jasper the suspect shot him from an upstairs window.
The suspect was sentenced to two years in prison, but was later pardoned by a judge that was also a personal friend of the suspects.
Sheriff Wooldridge had served with the Dubois County Sheriff's Department for seven years. He was survived by his wife.
