THOMAS ALAN HONTZ

Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 6-E: 23
Department: Scottsdale, Arizona, P.D.
End of Watch: February 20, 2002
Cause: BOMB
Age: 45
Years of Service: 24
Description: Sergeant Hontz was killed while conducting a training exercise in two vacant homes in Scottsdale, Arizona. A device called a "gas ax", which is used to puncture walls and pump tear gas into a room, exploded. Fourteen other firefighters and police officers were injured in this incident.
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