U.S. Army · United States

Deriek Crouse

2011

Life Service Also Served In Our Keeping

Deriek W. Crouse served the U.S. Army for 3 years. Deriek also served in the U.S. Army.

How He Died

Manner Homicide

Cause Gunshot wound

Mechanism Firearm

Gunfire

What Happened

Officer Deriek Crouse was shot and killed while making a traffic stop in the parking lot of the university's Cassell Coliseum, near McComas Hall, at approximately 12:15 pm.

At some point during the stop, a suspect unrelated to the traffic stop approached his unmarked car and shot him once in the head as he sat in his vehicle. The suspect fled on foot to a nearby location on campus and changed clothes. He was located in the university's I-Lot approximately 45 minutes after the shooting and committed suicide as a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy attempted to contact him.

Officer Crouse was a U.S. Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and had served with the Virginia Tech Police Department for four years. He had previously served with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and the New River Valley Regional Jail.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, five children, mother, and brother.

Service Record

U.S. Army

1993 – 1996

U.S. Army

Also Served

Virginia Tech Police Department

Police Officer I

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