Line of Duty Deaths
Officer Randy Michael "Moose" Pendleton ended his watch on Monday, 5 February 1979, when his cruiser was broadsided at a high rate of speed by a dangerous felon who was fleeing other officers. The felon was later apprehended after Officer Pendleton had succomed to his injuries. A plaque stands in the Main Station of the Gaston County Police Department. He is also remembered at the North Carolina Law Enforcement Officers Memorial.
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