Detective Theodore Roosevelt Cole, Jr., Chapel Hill Police Department, North Carolina

Detective Theodore Roosevelt Cole, Jr.

Chapel Hill Police Department, North Carolina

End of Watch Wednesday, June 4, 1969

Theodore Roosevelt Cole, Jr.

Detective Theodore Cole was shot and killed by a subject whom he had previously arrested several times.

Detective Cole was at home when the subject approached him in his yard and opened fire with a shotgun without warning.

The subject who murdered him was sentenced to life in prison. He was paroled in 1988 and died in 2001.

Detective Cole was a U.S. Air Force veteran and had served with the Chapel Hill Police Department for four years. He was survived by his wife.

Bio

Age 27
Tour 4 years
Badge Not available
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Shotgun
Offender Not available

Most Recent Reflection

View all 8 Reflections

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

June 4, 2015