Police Officer Thomas Cloud
United States Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs
U.S. Government
End of Watch: Tuesday, March 31, 1885

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Sunday, March 29, 1885
Incident Location: Oklahoma
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available

Officer Cloud succumbed to wounds sustained two days earlier when he and Captain Sam Cudgo were shot near Sacred Heart Mission, Oklahoma. A posse had gone to the location to arrest a man for the murder of his brother-in-law. As the officers approached the shack the man started firing through the cracks in the walls. Captain Cudgo was shot in the abdomen and died one hour later. Officer Cloud was shot in the leg and died two days later.

Related Line of Duty Deaths

Captain Sam Cudgo United States Department of the Interio..., US EOW: Sunday, March 29, 1885 Cause of Death: Gunfire