On the evening of December 10, 1972, 26-year-old African-American Patrolman John Charles Thomas of the Tuscaloosa Police Department was fatally shot while responding to a domestic disturbance at 4223 20th Street in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Having served with the department for two years, Patrolman Thomas was engaged in a routine call that turned deadly. As officers were conversing with family members in the kitchen, the suspect fired a 12-gauge shotgun through a bedroom door, striking Patrolman Thom
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