Tennessee Highway Patrol, Tennessee
End of Watch: Sunday, October 3, 1999
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 23 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: October 3, 1999
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant James Perry suffered a fatal heart attack while in a foot pursuit of a man suspected in an earlier assault on an officer in Ardmore, Tennessee. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital in Alabama after being flown there.
Sergeant Perry had been with the agency for 23 years and was survived by his wife and two sons.