KEVIN PATRICK BLOUNT

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 42-E: 24
Department: Sacramento County, California, S.O.
End of Watch: July 13, 2005
Cause: AIRC
Age: 29
Years of Service: 7
Description: Deputy Blount and two other deputies were on a routine patrol mission when their Eurocopter EC 120 experienced a mechanical failure and a fire. The aircraft made an emergency landing on a hilly area near Lake Natoma. As the helicopter landed, the tail end broke off, causing the fuselage to roll downhill. Deputy Blount and Deputy Joseph Kievernagel were killed as the helicopter crashed downhill. The third deputy was critically injured.
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