THOMAS WOLFE

Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 60-E: 17
Department: Albemarle County, Virginia, S.D.
End of Watch: May 29, 1952
Cause: SHOT
Age: 53
Years of Service: 12
Description: Deputy Wolfe was fatally wounded when he and Deputy Earl Davis responded to a call regarding a deaf-mute man who was firing shots at his neighbors. As the deputies approached to residence to communicate with the suspect, he fired a rifle which struck Deputy Wolfe in the chest. The suspect was also fatally wounded in an exchange of gunfire. Deputy Wolfe died of his injuries two weeks later.
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