George Pettit Thomas

Death by Force

Patrolman George Pettit Thomas, aged 35, tragically died on November 20, 1930, after succumbing to gunshot wounds he received 11 days earlier. On November 9, 1930, while on duty in Roanoke, Virginia, Patrolman Thomas encountered a drunk man on Norfolk Avenue. When he instructed the man to go home, the suspect produced a handgun and shot Thomas in the abdomen, critically wounding him. Despite initial improvements in his condition at the hospital, where his status was upgraded from critical to goo ...Read More