Patrolman Norman Lee Read

Patrolman Norman Lee Read | Saraland Police Department, Alabama
Saraland Police Department, Alabama
Patrolman Norman Lee Read

Saraland Police Department, Alabama

End of Watch Sunday, December 13, 1959

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Norman Lee Read

Patrolman Read was shot and killed while responding to assist other officers as a prisoner attempted to escape from the police department. The prisoner shot Patrolman Read with a shotgun he had gained control of at the police station. The suspect was shot and killed by a dispatcher moments later.

Patrolman Read was survived by his wife and two children.

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Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Shotgun
  • Offender Shot and killed
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Rest in peace Patrolman Read.

Rabbi Lewis S. Davis

April 7, 2022

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