Brandon Heath Thacker.
Investigator Brandon Thacker was shot and killed as he was driving to an undercover assignment with three other agents on the Western Kentucky Parkway near Eddyville. All of the agents were in a caravan of separate vehicles, with Investigator Thacker in the last vehicle. He radioed to the other agents that a vehicle was driving erratically, then moments later radioed that he had been shot. The agent in front of him looked in her rearview mirror and saw his vehicle swerve and then turned around to help him. The other two agents chased the vehicle, which was driving erratically, and arrested the driver. The suspect was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of manslaughter. Investigator Thacker was a United States Army Persian Gulf veteran and had served with the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control for four years. He is survived by his wife, 18-month-old daughter, parents, and two brothers. He is buried in the Richmond Cemetary in Richmond, Madison County, Kentucky.
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In tribute
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.
Investigator Thacker gave the Kentucky Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Frankfort 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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