2005 1 6 Hurst Bryan S.      
Officer Bryan S. Hurst

Entered Division of Police
January 6, 2005  
Died In the Line of Duty
November 3, 1996

On January 6, 2005 at approximately 10:35 a.m., Officer Bryan Hurst was working special duty at the 5/3rd Bank on East Broad Street when an armed robbery suspect entered the building.  The suspect, upon seeing the officer, immediately began advancing on and firing at him.  Officer Hurst moved to a different position in the lobby in order to protect the bank’s employees and customers and returned fire, striking the suspect in the arm and hand.  Officer Hurst took cover behind the front counter, but the suspect leaned over the counter and fatally shot him just above the protective bulletproof vest that he was wearing, damaging several major vessels and severing his aorta.  The suspect then fled from the bank through the shattered front door.  He was arrested on January 9, 2005 after an extensive manhunt.