TIMOTHY ANDREW NIELSON
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Officer Rank: Patrol Officer
Memorial Panel: 43-W: 24
Department: Joplin, Missouri, P.D.
End of Watch: September 13, 2004
Cause: BOMB
Age: 26
Years of Service: 2
Description: Patrolman Nielson and another officer responded to a suicide call. The suspect was hiding outside the residence but ran inside when he saw the officers. When the officers followed him inside the house it exploded. Patrolman Nielson received burns over 45% of his body. The second officer was also burned but eventually recovered. Patrolman Nielson died one month after the natural gas explosion while in the hospital.
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