John C. Thrower

Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office — Tuscaloosa, AL

Felonious

End of Watch August 17, 1920

Age 47

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Deputy Sheriff John Thrower was shot and killed when he responded to a home in Kellerman to investigate a domestic dispute.

A woman had requested Deputy Thrower accompany her to the home to settle the dispute. As he arrived with the woman a male subject inside shot him in the head, killing him. The man then fled the scene and was never apprehended.

Deputy Thrower's brother, Officer Will Thrower, was shot and killed in the line of duty on August 30th, 1914, while serving with the Tuscaloosa Police Department.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Thrower served with the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Tuscaloosa community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Thrower.

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

Agency

Department Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office

Location Tuscaloosa, AL

Platform Identity tcso.tuscaloosa.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 17, 1920

Age 47

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender At large

Deputy Sheriff John C. Thrower is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 8.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office, 5 of 6 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 83.3% of this agency's fallen.

Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Office

of 6 officers

83.3% Felonious

AL — Statewide

405

of 643 officers

63% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious