ERIC WAYNE MUMAW

Officer Rank: Police Officer 2
Memorial Panel: 33-E: 30
Department: Metropolitan Nashville, Tennessee, P.D.
End of Watch: February 2, 2017
Cause: DROW
Age: 44
Years of Service: 18
Description: Police Officer Mumaw drowned in the Cumberland River in Nashville, Tennessee while attempting to save a suicidal woman who was attempting to drive her vehicle into the river. The woman was impaired and was on probation for a previous DUI conviction. Officer Mumaw was pulled into the river after the driver put the car into gear at the edge of a boat ramp. The woman was later found on the riverbank and charged with aggravated vehicular homicide.
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