Sergeant Ronald Hamlin Harrison - Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office - FL - True Life Hero

Ronald Hamlin Harrison
- Aug. 15, 2007 -

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Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Patch

Resided:	Tampa (Hillsborough County) FL, USA
Born:	Aug. 25, 1951
Fallen:	Aug. 15, 2007
Race/Sex:	Black Male / 55 yrs. of age
	Agency
Dept:	Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office - FL 2008 E. 8th Ave Tampa, FL 33605 USA (813)247-8000
County:	Hillsborough
Dept. Type:	County/Police
Hero's Rank:	Sergeant
Sworn Date:	1/1987
FBI Class:	Homicide - Ambush
Agency URL:	Click Here
Badge:	1664
On The Job:	29 years

Bio: Sergeant Harrison had served with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office for 20 years.

Survived by:

Family
his four children

Fatal Incident Summary

Offender:	No Info
Location:	Brandon, FL USA Wed. Aug. 15, 2007
Summary:	Sergeant Harrison was shot and killed while sitting in his patrol car. Sergeant Harrison had just finished a DWI checkpoint and was sitting in his patrol car near the intersection of Lumsden Road and Kings Avenue in the town of Brandon, when a suspect approached his vehicle and fired into the car through the open passenger side window, striking Sergeant Harrison multiple times. Sergeant Harrison activated his lights and siren and tried to drive off but lost control of his patrol car, struck another vehicle and then crashed into a tree. Sergeant Harrison was taken to Brandon Community Hospital, where he died from his wounds. **The Sheriff's office reports that when he was initially shot, he activated his emergency lights and sirens, and tried to get himself to a hospital.
Disposition:	A short time later, a woman called 911 saying her boyfriend may have been involved in the shooting of a deputy and was at a home. A SWAT team then converged on that home and negotiations began with the suspect who was barricaded in the home. The suspect fired multiple shots at the SWAT team, who returned fire, killing the suspect.
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Last Updated: May. 29, 2019