Duty Death: Gregory Thomas Horne, Sr. - [Pinetops]
End of Service: 25/09/2022
By Ashley Silver
Police 1
PINETOPS, N.C. — A sheriff’s office is mourning the loss of a detention corporal who died from complications related to a training injury.
Gregory Horne, Sr., 57, who served with the Edgecombe County Sheriff’s Office for over seven years, died on Sept. 25. According to Officer Down Memorial Page, Horne jumped a 4-foot fence in Aug. and fractured his knee when he landed. He succumbed to a fatal pulmonary embolism as a result of inactivity while he recovered from his injury.
Horne is survived by his wife, son and daughter.