Bio & Incident Details
Age: Not available
Tour: 11 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/27/1921
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Shot and killed
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Officer Samuel Hayden was shot and killed by a shooting suspect who was hiding in a hall closet. The man had been released from St. Elizabeth's Mental Hospital and had randomly shot two men before entering a house. The officers were advised the man was hiding in a third floor bedroom. As the officers prepared to enter the bedroom the man opened fire from a hall closet, striking Officer Hayden in the head. One of the officers returned fire, striking and fatally wounding the suspect.
Officer Hayden had been with the agency for 11 years. He was survived by two brothers and two sisters and is reportedly buried in Lodge, Westmoreland County, Virginia.
