Deputy Sheriff Edmund V. Thomas, Jr., Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina

Deputy Sheriff Edmund V. Thomas, Jr.

Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina

End of Watch Tuesday, May 21, 1985

Edmund V. Thomas, Jr.

Deputy Thomas suffered a fatal heart attack during a foot pursuit of a suspect. He had gone to a trailer park to arrest the suspect on a probation violation. The suspect began to run when he spotted Deputy Thomas and Deputy Thomas chased after him. Deputy Thomas caught the suspect about 500-feet from the trailer but immediately collapsed. He was transported to Charlotte Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Deputy Thomas was as a US Navy veteran and was survived by his son and daughter.

Bio

Age 42
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Incident Details

Cause Heart attack

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Time may have passed but you are not forgotten. I believe as long as someone remembers you or speaks your name, you are still with us.
Thank you for your heroism.
God Bless

Detention Officer A.Zambito
Texas

May 21, 2015