Roll of Honor
Incident
Officer Joseph Fulton suffered a fatal heart attack while pursuing a vehicle on County Road 2101 at approximately 3:00 am. He had attempted to make a traffic stop of the vehicle on the East Jefferson Extension in Kosciusko but the driver refused to stop. Officer Fulton continued to pursue the suspect for several miles into the county.
Other officers located his patrol car, which had swerved off of the roadway, after losing radio contact with him. They immediately began CPR but were not successful in resuscitating him.
The suspect was apprehended later that day by the Kosciusko Police Department and charged with felony fleeing an officer.
Officer Fulton was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. He had served with the Kosciusko Police Department for two years and had previously served with the Philadelphia, Mississippi, Police Department.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, three children, father, and sister.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 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.
Police Officer Fulton gave the Kosciusko Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Kosciusko 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Joseph Anthony Fulton served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer Joseph Anthony Fulton is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In MS, 9 of 349 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 2.6% of this state's fallen. That is 1.4 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Joseph Anthony Fulton's cause is highlighted.
How Joseph Anthony Fulton Compares
Offender Outcome
Charged with felony fleeing
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Joseph Anthony Fulton is highlighted in Nov.