Haltom City mayor An Truong, who became the first Vietnamese American mayor in Tarrant County when he was elected in 2019, died early Friday, October 16. He was 78.<\/p>\n
Truong died peacefully surrounded by family and friends, the city announced in a press release.<\/p>\n
Born and raised in Vietnam, Truong immigrated to the United States at age 26 and later earned a doctorate. He began his career with the Fort Worth Police Department before spending 37 years as an investigator with the Tarrant County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n
Before becoming mayor, Truong also served on the Haltom City Council. His 2019 election marked a milestone for the city and its diverse population, the release notes. His swearing-in ceremony was conducted in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese.<\/p>\n
\u201cMayor 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 honor of Truong, flags at Haltom City facilities will be lowered to half-staff.<\/p>\n
The city asked residents to keep the Truong family in their thoughts and respect their privacy. Funeral arrangements will be announced when details become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Haltom City mayor An Truong, who became the first Vietnamese American mayor in Tarrant County when he was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468914,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117,427,422,423],"class_list":["post-468913","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-hot-headlines","tag-most-popular","tag-openings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468913","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=468913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}