Pennsylvania State Constable - Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
End of Watch: Thursday, July 26, 1877
Age: 35
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 26, 1877
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Constable Samuel Norman was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a man wanted for assaulting a woman in Tarentum Borough.
The subject purchased a pistol after learning that a warrant had been issued for him. Constable Norman located him attempting to leave town at the railroad station. As he attempted to take him into custody, the man pulled out the pistol and shot him once in the jaw and once in the head.
The man fled the scene after the shooting.
Constable Norman was a Union Army veteran of the Civil War. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.