THOMAS DEAN HERCULES

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Officer Rank: Trooper
Memorial Panel: 35-W: 7
Department: West Virginia State Police
End of Watch: January 12, 1977
Cause: SHOT
Age: 42
Years of Service: 19
Description: Trooper Hercules and Trooper Charles Henry Johnson were shot and killed while attempting to serve a fugitive arrest warrant one suspect Larry A Parker. Trooper Johnson was killed first after escorting the suspect into the his residence to retrieve personal items. The suspect then proceeded outside with the 7 mm Rifle and shot Trooper Hercules in the leg before fatally killing him at point blank range.
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