Warren County Sheriff's Office, North Carolina
End of Watch: Friday, May 3, 1929
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: May 3, 1929
Weapon Used: Handgun; .32 caliber
Suspect Info: Executed in 1930
Special Deputy Sheriff Sam Pinnell was shot and killed by a man he was attempting to arrest for a murder he had committed in 1913.
Deputy Pinnell and several other deputies had gone to the man's home near Afton.
The man was convicted of first-degree murder and executed in the electric chair on April 4th, 1930.