There he found love, marrying another transit officer within the last two weeks, according to DART Chief James Spiller. Brent Thompson(Brent Thompson/LinkedIn/Reuters)Brent Thompson, 43, worked as an officer with the Dallas Area Rapid Transit authority for the last seven years. Dallas Area Rapid Transit Officer Misty McBride was in hospital Friday recovering from bullet wounds that her father said struck her abdomen and arm, breaking her shoulder. Smith, his wife Heidi and their two daughters were part of the parish in Farmers Branch north of Dallas. On Thursday, he became the first DART officer killed in the line of duty since the agency's police force was founded in 1989, according to spokesman Morgan Lyons.

Source: CBC News July 08, 2016 23:36 UTC