Brooklyn Police Department, New York
End of Watch: Wednesday, January 2, 1878
Age: 40
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Animal related
Date of Incident: December 18, 1877
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrolman John Thompson succumbed to injuries sustained on December 18th, 1877, when he was thrown from his horse while attempting to stop a runaway horse pulling a grocery wagon on Bedford Avenue near Van Buren Street (modern-day Clifton Place).
He was impaled by a piece of the grocery cart when he was thrown from his horse.
Patrolman Thompson was assigned to the Mounted Squad. He was survived by his wife and five children.