Special Deputy Enrico Aquino Garcia Jr.

Deputy Garcia died of a sudden heart attack while training with Task Force 7, a multi-jurisdictional, multi-disciplinary response team involving resources -- law enforcement, fire/rescue, hazardous materials, health Depts, EMS, etc. -- from eight Indiana counties.

Deputy Garcia was a Hazardous Materials Specialist, WMD and Counter-Terrorism Responder of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security, Fire and Building Safety Division. He was a Special Deputy with the Vigo County Sheriff's Department and was representing that agency on the Task Force. He was also a member of the Putnam County and Sullivan County Sheriff's Offices as well as a Deputy Marshal in the town of Roachdale, Indiana. He had been an Adjunct Instructor at Indiana State University and Indiana Vocational Technical College and previously served for seven years as a Firefighter/EMT with the Terre Haute Fire Department.