JOHN MICHAEL GIBSON

Officer Rank: Detective
Memorial Panel: 36-W: 21
Department: U.S. Capitol Police
End of Watch: July 24, 1998
Cause: SHOT
Age: 42
Years of Service: 18
Description: Special Agent Gibson exited the office in the Capitol where he was stationed upon hearing gunfire in the hallway. He confronted the mentally deranged suspect and was shot. Officer Jacob Chestnut was shot and killed seconds earlier.
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