Roll of Honor
Incident
Chief Deputy Fisher was shot and killed as he and three other officers attempted to serve a warrant on a man wanted for robbery in Alexandria, Virginia.
The officers located the suspect who was eating breakfast in a trailer near Cumberland Gap and arrested him. The man denied he was the man named in the warrant and requested that he be able to finish eating, which the officers let him do.
The suspect suddenly produced a gun and began shooting, striking Chief Deputy Fisher six times, killing him. The suspect wounded the Middlesboro police chief and another officer before being wounded himself. The man then fled into the woods along with his son, sparking a massive manhunt that included officers from Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee. The next day the suspect was shot and killed during a gun battle with officers in Lee County, Virginia.
Your heroism and service is honored today, the seventy-first anniversary year of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer murdered in the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.
Rest In Peace
Phyllis Loya Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05 December 17th, 2011
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Chief Deputy Fisher served with the Bell County Sheriff's Department.
Thank you for your service to the Pineville community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Chief Deputy Fisher.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Chief Deputy George Thomas Fisher 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 KY, 755 of 983 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.8% of this state's fallen. That is 22.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Bell County Sheriff's Department, 24 of 26 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 92.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. George Thomas Fisher's cause is highlighted.
How George Thomas Fisher Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. George Thomas Fisher is highlighted in Dec.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. George Thomas Fisher was killed by handgun.
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