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On July 27, 2007, Deputy Meredith was patrolling the Town of Grand Island
when he received a radio call of domestic trouble / attempted suicide. Deputy
Meredith responded to the call and was directed to a house at 71 Crescent, where
he was told a man was hurting a woman. As he approached the house, he
heard a gun shot and a female ran from the house, screaming for help.
She was being chased by a male with a hand gun. Deputy Meredith yelled
to the subject to drop the weapon, the subject pointed the gun in the direction
of the deputy but Deputy Meredith could not fire his service weapon because
the female victim was in his line of fire. The suspect turned his attention
back to the female victim and fired shots at the victim as they ran. Deputy
Meredith continued to chase the suspect firing his weapon when it was safe to
do so. He saw the victim had been shot in the shoulder area. The
suspect shot the victim again and then turned his attention at the officer.
Deputy Meredith again facing an armed suspect pointing a weapon at him
had a clear shot as the woman was able to enter the house. The Deputy
fired and hit the suspect and the suspect went down.
Deputy Meredith then
proceeded to start to treat the suspect by performing CPR on the man who had
just shot the victim and pointed a gun at him. It was later discovered
that the suspect had pipe bombs in the backpack he was wearing. Deputy
Meredith’s actions, with no concern for his own safety, saved the life
of the woman and may have saved the lives of several other individuals who
lived in the suspect’s apartment building where they later found several
bombs and bomb making materials.
The
100 Club of Buffalo and Western New York recognize
Deputy Thomas Meredith for his heroic actions of July 27, 2007.
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