Deriek Crouse is the officer shot and killed at Virginia Tech Thursday.
Crouse, 39, joined the Virginia Tech Police Department on Oct. 27, 2007, and served in the patrol division. He is survived by his wife, five children, his mother and brother.
Virginia Tech’s website says Crouse trained as a Crisis Intervention Officer, general instructor, firearms instructor, defensive tactics instructor and most recently completed training for advance law enforcement rapid response and mechanical and ballistic instructor.
The gunman was also found dead on the Virginia Tech campus.
