Thomas Clements

   
 Agency: Colorado Department of Corrections
    
 State: Colorado
 
 End of Watch: 03/13/2013
    
 Title/Rank: Executive Director
    
 Age: 58
  
 Cause of Death: Gunfire
  
 Information: Tom Clements was assassinated at his home in Monument, Colorado, by a former inmate. Two days earlier, the subject had murdered a pizza deliveryman in Denver, Colorado, and stole the man's uniform and pizza carrier. On the night that Director Clements was murdered, the subject had knocked on his door at approximately 8:30 pm. When Director Clements answered the door he was fatally shot and the subject fled the scene. A deputy sheriff from the Montague County, Texas, Sheriff's Office attempted to stop the subject's car for a traffic violation two days later. The subject opened fire on the deputy, wounding him several times, before leading other officers on a chase into neighboring Wise County. During the ensuing shooting the subject was shot and fatally wounded. It was later determined that the subject was a member of a Colorado white supremacist gang.