WENDY LETITIA SHANNON

WENDY LETITIA SHANNON Update officers information and/or submit photo of officer
Officer Rank: Correctional Officer
Memorial Panel: 32-E: 30
Department: North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety - Division of Prisons
End of Watch: October 30, 2017
Cause: BEAT
Age: 49
Years of Service: 4
Description: On October 12, 2017, Correctional Officer Shannon, Correction Enterprises Manager Veronica Darden and Correctional Officer Justin Smith were fatally attacked during an escape attempt from the Pasquotank Correctional Institute in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Several inmates ignited a fire inside the Specialty Sewing Plant as a diversion. The inmates then attacked several corrections employees with claw hammers and scissors obtained in the sewing plant. Correction Enterprises Manager Veronica Darden and Correctional Officer Justin Smith succumbed to their injuries sustained the day of the incident. Correctional Officer Shannon succumbed to her injuries on October 30, 2017. Several other corrections employees were wounded during the incident.
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