Artist: J. Payne Larabr/ Text: Brent Thompson, a Corsicana native was working as an officer with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police Department, on duty the night of a rally in downtown Dallas on July 7, 2016, when shots rang out following the event. A sniper firing on the crowd was reported to be targeting police officers. Brent Thompson charged the gunman and wounded him, saving many lives by doing so. But Thompson and four other Dallas Police Department officers would be killed in the hail of gunfire, and a dozen other officers wounded before the attack ended with the death of the gunman. He lived to serve others. He died doing just that on that tragic night. All who knew Brent Thompson remembered him as a brave and honorable man who loved his family and loved his work. In 2019, Thompson was posthumously awarded the national Public Safety Medal of Valor, presented to his parents by President Donald Trump in a White House ceremony.br/ Date: 2019br/ br/ Date Photographed: 21-05-06