Pima County Sheriff's Department, Arizona
End of Watch: Thursday, December 5, 2002
Age: 43
Tour of Duty: 12 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Heart attack
Date of Incident: December 5, 2002
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Shannon Russell suffered a fatal heart attack during physical training exercises at the department's training facility at 10001 South Rita Road.
Other officers performed CPR until he was transported to Kino Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Sergeant Russell had served with the Pima County Sheriff's Department for 12 years and was a member of the agency's Emergency Response Team. He is survived by his father.
He was posthumously promoted to Corrections Sergeant.