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Agent

Michael Del Thomas

Aurora Police Department — Aurora, CO

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 20, 2006

Age 52

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Badge 82-60

The Vigil Panel 154 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 5

Incident

Agent Mike Thomas was shot and killed by a suspect who opened fire on him while he was stopped at a traffic light at the intersection of Peoria Street and East Montview Boulevard.

Agent Thomas had just left a training session and was heading to another session when the incident occurred.

The shooter was subdued by several passersby and then taken into custody by an Aurora police officer and two Federal Bureau of Prisons correctional officers who happened to be in the area. The man was wanted in Denver for an unprovoked shooting that had occurred the previous week.

The subject was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 80 years in prison on April 6th, 2009.

Agent Thomas was a United States Air Force Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Aurora Police Department for 24 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his daughter, mother, and brother.

In Our Keeping

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Added to badge.nw: August 2, 2026
Last updated: August 15, 2026

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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.
Agent Thomas gave the Aurora Police Department 24 years.
Thank you for your service to the Aurora 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 Aurora Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Aurora, CO

Platform Identity apd.arapahoe.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 20, 2006

Tour of Duty 24 yrs

Age 52

Badge Number 82-60

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Michael Del Thomas served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Agent Michael Del Thomas is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In CO, 235 of 360 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 65.3% of this state's fallen. That is 65.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Aurora Police Department, 3 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.

Aurora Police Department

of 6 officers

50% Felonious

CO — Statewide

235

of 360 officers

65.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious