William Thompson

Death by Force

William Howard “Button” Thompson, a 30-year-old patrolman with the Salem Police Department in Virginia, tragically lost his life on April 5, 1970. Thompson was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a suspect who had barricaded himself inside his house. The incident occurred as Thompson, who had just finished his shift, decided to assist his fellow officers, believing he had established a rapport with the suspect from an earlier interaction.

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