WILLIAM THOMAS MANNING
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Officer Rank: Lieutenant
Memorial Panel: 45-W: 8
Department: Tallapoosa, Georgia, P.D.
End of Watch: February 11, 1973
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 3
Description: Lieutenant Manning and Sergeant Ed Elliott were on a routine patrol in the early morning. They spotted a truck speeding and weaving through town. They stopped the truck and a young man got out and walked toward them. When Lieutenant Manning asked to see his driver's license, the man pulled a pistol and opened fire on the officers. Lieutenant Manning was shot three times and died at the scene. Sergeant Elliott was shot twice but recovered.
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