Ronald Jerome Thompson

How they died

Deadly force

Thompson was one of three suspects caught mid-robbery, with guns and gloves, by police staking out an auto parts store just as it closed. The suspects robbed the store and its patrons then confronted officer immediately outside. They failed to drop their weapons and were fired on. The two other suspects were wounded and were to be charged with Thompson's murder.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Ronald Jerome Thompson, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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