Haltom City announced the death of Mayor An Truong on Friday afternoon. Truong, who became the first Vietnamese American mayor in Tarrant County when he was elected in 2019, was 78.<\/p>\n
The city said in a news release that Truong died peacefully, surrounded by family and friends.<\/p>\n
Truong began his career with the Fort Worth Police Department and spent 37 years as an investigator with the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office. He also served on the Haltom City Council before being elected mayor.<\/p>\n
\u200b”Mayor Truong was a dedicated public servant who always put his community first,\u201d City Manager Rex Phelps said in a statement. \u201cOn behalf of the City Council and City staff, we extend our deepest condolences to his family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n
In Truong\u2019s honor, flags at Haltom City facilities will be lowered to half-staff.<\/p>\n
Tarrant County Judge Tim O\u2019Hare also remembered Truong as a trailblazer and longtime public servant.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday we mourn the loss of Haltom City Mayor An Truong, a trailblazer whose service left a lasting mark on our community,\u201d O\u2019Hare said in a statement. \u201cFrom his arrival in the United States as a young man seeking opportunity, through decades of work in law enforcement and his eventual leadership of Haltom City, Mayor Truong embodied the values of hard work, public service, and quiet determination. My prayers are with his family.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haltom City announced the death of Mayor An Truong on Friday afternoon. Truong, who became the first Vietnamese…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,15383],"class_list":["post-468068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-haltom-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}