THOMAS NOLAN

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 29-E: 24
Department: Nueces County, Texas, S.O.
End of Watch: August 15, 1860
Cause: SHOT
Age: 24
Years of Service: 3
Description: Deputy Nolan and his brother Sheriff Matthew Nolan responded to a call where an armed, intoxicated suspect was creating a disturbance. While attempting to arrest the suspect, the suspect produced a handgun from his pants and shot Deputy Nolan in the forehead. Deputy Nolan remained in a coma until his death 11 days later. Sheriff Matthew Nolan was killed in the line of duty four years later.
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