8/21/2006
Corporal Eric E. Sutphin – August 21, 2006 – Virginia - Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. Corporal Sutphin was shot and killed while participating in a massive manhunt for an escaped inmate who had shot and killed a hospital security guard the previous morning. The inmate had overpowered a deputy after being taken to Montgomery Regional Hospital for leg injuries. He was able to obtain control of the deputy’s service weapon and then shot and killed the unarmed hospital security guard who had attempted to assist the deputy. After the inmate fled from the scene, he was the subject of a massive manhunt. Corporal Sutphin was shot and killed when he encountered the escaped inmate. The escaped inmate was apprehended 8 hours later. One of Corporal Sutphin’s main job duties was the supervision of inmates in the jail. Corporal Sutphin had served in law enforcement for 13 years. He is survived by his wife Tamara and 9 year old twin daughters Emily and Rachel, Also his mother Jeaneen.