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| Corporal James Kenneth Bounds
Mississippi Department of Public Safety - Highway Patrol
Mississippi
End of Watch: Sunday, October 21, 1984 Biographical Info
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 20 years
Badge Number: J-22 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: Sunday, October 21, 1984
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available Corporal Bounds suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to the murder scene of Conservation Officer James Wood, of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Upon initially arriving at the scene Corporal Bounds setup a perimeter around the area. When other officers and medical personnel arrived he entered the crime scene and learned that the victim was Officer Wood. Upon seeing Officer Wood he clutched his chest and collapsed as he said "What about his family?"
Corporal Bounds had served with the agency for 20 years. He was assigned to Troop J in Hattiesburg in Smith county.
He was survived by his wife and three children. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
