Deputy Sheriff Amos Howell
Watauga County Sheriff's Office
North Carolina
End of Watch: Friday, November 21, 1902

Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, November 6, 1902
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed

Deputy Amos Howell succumbed to gunshot wounds inflicted two weeks earlier while attempting to arrest a man for murdering his father. He was fatally wounded when the suspect opened fire. The supect's cousin who was with him when he killed Deputy Howell was taken into custody.

The shooter fled to Wyoming, where he was eventually apprehended in August 1903 and extradited back to North Carolina. A few weeks later he escaped from the Caldwell County jail and fled into the nearby mountains. On April 22, 1904, he was shot and killed by a Watauga County deputy sheriff.