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Patrolman

Jerry Alan Jones

Charleston Police Department — Charleston, WV

Veteran → Accident

End of Watch September 13, 2009

Age 27

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 158 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 8

Incident

Patrolman Jerry Jones was accidentally shot and killed by another officer following a pursuit that culminated with the suspect ramming several patrol cars.

Patrolman Jones was on patrol when he spotted a vehicle that had been involved in an earlier hit and run accident. He attempted to stop the vehicle on the east end of Charleston, but the driver failed to stop, and a pursuit began. Patrolman Jones was joined by three other officers who pursued the car to an area on Quick Road. The driver then used his truck as a weapon hitting the police cruisers at full speed. The driver then turned the truck around in the space where he was cornered, and once again, rammed the police cars being used as barricades.

The officers, believing they were in grave danger, opened fire on the subject. The gunfire struck the suspect, but the crossfire also hit Patrolman Jones above his body armor, below his neck. The suspect and Patrolman Jones were both fatally wounded.

Patrolman Jones was transported to CAMC General, where he succumbed to his wounds.

Patrolman Jones was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Charleston Police Department for three years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Jones gave the Charleston Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Charleston community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Charleston Police Department

Type Other

Location Charleston, Kanawha County, WV

Platform Identity charpd.kanawha.wv.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 13, 2009

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 27

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Accident

Military Service

Jerry Alan Jones served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Jerry Alan Jones is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In WV, 54 of 232 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 23.3% of this state's fallen. That is 23.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Charleston Police Department, 3 of 9 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.

Charleston Police Department

of 9 officers

33.3% Accident

WV — Statewide

of 232 officers

23.3% Accident

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Accident