Bio & Incident Details
Age: 51
Tour: 12 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 11/11/1971
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Apprehended
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Lieutenant Ted Elmore succumbed to wounds sustained 11 years earlier when he was shot while making a traffic stop on Highway 64-70.
Unbeknownst to Lieutenant Elmore, he had stopped two suspects that had shot and wounded an Atlanta, Georgia, police officer several weeks earlier.
As he exited his patrol car the occupants of the vehicle opened fire, striking him in the right arm, disabling it. As he tried to draw his weapon with his left hand he was shot again in the abdomen and fell to the ground. The assailants then shot him a third time, hitting him in the back, severing his spinal cord and causing paralysis.
He remained paralyzed until passing away 11 years later. It was determined that his passing was a direct result of his wounds.
One of the shooters was apprehended after the incident, however, the second shooter remained at large until being arrested in 2005.
Lieutenant Elmore had served with the Catawba County Sheriff's Office for 12 years. He is survived by his wife and child.
