Jake Eckehart

Information
Name: Jake Eckehart

Status: Alive/Wounded

Portrayed: Milo Ventimiglia

Profession: Sheriff 

Weapon(s): 9mm Pistol 

Armored
Jake is a sheriff and is first seen eating at a hot dog stand, talking to the owner, Joe. After eating his 4th hot dog that night, he mentioned how when he was a kid, his father would always take him to the baseball games and eat four hot dogs a piece. He leaves after getting a duty call.

Jake isn't seen again until Ty sounds the siren on the truck after being chased by Mike. Jake is the only one outside of the mill that can hear the siren. While eating lunch at the same hot dog stand, he leaves to go investigate the noise. While approaching the mill, he starts to notice that his radio has no reception and heards the gang's banging on the truck. As he gets out of his squad car, he notices Mike coming out to talk. Jake panics and reaches for his pistol, but decides to listen to Mike's story instead. Jake asks about the siren and the banging but isn't given any help from Mike. Trying to Jake to leave, Mike tells him that they are at the mill for security purposes at a storage. Jake buys into the story and decides to leave, but is alarmed by Ty sounding the siren and realizes Mike's lie. As Jake goes for his pistol, he is shot in the abdomen by Baines with his shotgun and falls to the ground. Mike and Quinn drag him into the warehouse with now another victim hurt in the heist.

In the warehouse, he starts to lose more blood as the gang argues about what to do with Jake. While they are, Ty creates a distraction with the money stored away, buying him enough time to rescue Jake. Jake is carried by Ty into the armored truck for protection. Ty tries to stop the bleeding by pouring alcohol and applying pressure. Through all the blood that Jake has lost, Ty notices an outline of the blood reveals a removable floor panel to the truck. Ty gets the panel removed and takes Jake's radio up to the roof to get a signal while Jake stays in the truck.

When Ty gets back, Jake almost falls asleep but is woken up by Ty who tells him he can't fall asleep. As soon as Quinn returns with Jimmy, Ty realizes that they have to come up with another plan. As Ty and Jake surrender to getting out of truck, Quinn pulls Jake out of the truck and throws him on the ground. Jake crawls to cover next to the truck along with Ty and Jimmy as the booby trap left by Ty in the truck explodes, killing both Baines and Quinn, and mortally injurying Mike. Jake is next seen in the hospital recovering from his wounds and is assumed to have lived. He explains to Ashcroft what Ty did to save him.