Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Thomas Timmons was shot and killed while questioning a burglary suspect. At approximately 10:00 pm a male suspect entered Bell & Company Grocery located at Railroad Avenue and Harper Street and demanded money from the cash register. The suspect was armed with a .45 caliber handgun and stole $15.00 in cash. Following the robbery, the suspect fled on foot and was pursued by a store clerk who was also armed with a handgun. While the clerk was pursuing the suspect, Officer Timmons was riding by on his police motorcycle and also began pursuing the suspect. As Officer Timmons approached the suspect, the man turned and shot him in the chest at close range. The store clerk fired at the suspect but missed. The suspect then escaped in a waiting vehicle. Officer Timmons was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. Following an investigation, authorities identified the suspect, whose identity was confirmed by the store clerk, as the person who robbed the grocery store and shot Officer Timmons. The suspect was apprehended by detectives. The suspect, 28, was convicted of murder and sentenced to life. He escaped on April 10, 1936, and was captured in Los Angeles, California, in 1939. He was returned to Georgia and confined in Tattnall Prison, where he escaped again on January 16, 1940. On March 30, 1940, he was shot and critically wounded when he attempted to hold up a grocery store in Phenix City, Alabama. He died six days later. Officer Timmons was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Augusta Police Department for approximately five years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three daughters.
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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.
Police Officer Timmons gave the Augusta Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Augusta community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Thomas George Timmons served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Thomas George Timmons 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 GA, 548 of 903 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.7% of this state's fallen. That is 6.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Augusta Police Department, 9 of 18 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas George Timmons's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas George Timmons Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed in 1940
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas George Timmons is highlighted in Jul.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Thomas George Timmons was killed by gun; unknown type.
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