Motorcycle Officer Henry Norman Williams

Beaumont Police officer remembered 70 years after being killed in line of duty

Posted on April 26, 2020 Ch. 12 News


On April 26, 1950, Officer Henry Norman Williams was killed when a car failed to yield and hit his motorcycle

BEAUMONT, Texas — Seventy years later, a Beaumont police officer and WWII veteran is being remembered after he was killed in the line of duty.

On April 26, 1950, Officer Henry Norman Williams was killed when a car failed to yield, hitting his motorcycle.

Williams served in the U.S. Army during WWII and had been with the Beaumont Police Department for two years.

The driver was charged with negligent homicide.

From Beaumont Police Department:

Today, The Beaumont Police Department remembers Officer Henry Norman Williams killed in the line of duty on April 26, 1950.
Officer Williams was killed when a car that failed to yield to him at an intersection, struck his motorcycle. The driver of the vehicle was charged with negligent homicide.
Officer Williams was a U.S Army veteran of World War II and had been with the agency for two years.

Retired Police Officer
NYPD

April 26, 2020