Love County Sheriff's Office, Oklahoma
End of Watch: Monday, January 30, 1928
Age: 49
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 25, 1928
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Sheriff Sam Long was shot and killed when he interrupted a bank robbery in progress.
He was able to return fire and kill one of the suspects. He succumbed to his wounds five days later. The second suspect was shot and killed in November 1928 at the scene of another bank robbery.
Sheriff Long was survived by his wife and nine children.