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Texas deputy found unresponsive in patrol car

A dispatcher said Senior Deputy T. Faughtenbery died of a heart attack

Duty Death: T. Faughtenbery - [Harris County]

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By Police1 Staff

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas — A sheriff’s deputy who was found unresponsive in his patrol car Monday died of an apparent heart attack, a dispatcher said.

A gas station employee noticed a police cruiser idling and discovered an unresponsive Deputy T. Faughtenbery inside around midnight Monday, KHOU reported.

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First responders broke the window to attempt to revive Faughtenbery, a 26-year veteran of the Harris County Sheriff’s Department. But he died on the scene.

According to ABC13, a dispatcher said it appears he died of a heart attack.

More than two dozen sheriff’s deputies escorted Faughtenbery to the medical examiner’s office around 3 a.m.

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