BOBBY GENE DEMUTH JR

Officer Rank: Master Trooper
Memorial Panel: 14-E: 28
Department: North Carolina Highway Patrol
End of Watch: September 8, 2012
Cause: STRU
Age: 42
Years of Service: 12
Description: Master Trooper DeMuth was struck and killed after deploying spike sticks in an attempt to stop a suspect driver who was evading police. The suspect led law enforcement officers on a pursuit after he failed to stop his vehicle for a traffic violation. Trooper DeMuth had just finished placing the spike sticks and was standing in a median when he was struck by the fleeing suspect. Trooper DeMuth died at the scene. The suspect was apprehended.
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