Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, Pennsylvania
End of Watch Tuesday, August 26, 1924
Add to My HeroesRobert John Galloway
Lieutenant Robert Galloway succumbed to accidental gunshot to the neck two days earlier while responding to a call for help from Vice Squad Officers under attack at a tavern located at 114 Fourth Avenue.
Lieutenant Galloway grabbed an individual during the brawl not realizing the individual was a plainclothes vice officer. The vice officer panicked and shot Lieutenant Galloway. He died in Allegheny General Hospital.
Lieutenant Galloway had served with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for 18 years. He was survived by his wife, mother, and seven children.
Bio
- Age 47
- Tour 19 years, 2 months
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent)
- Incident Date Sunday, August 24, 1924
Most Recent Reflection
View all 12 ReflectionsRobert Galloway was my maternal grandfather. My mother always kept his picture on her dresser. From time to time as I grew up she would recount, without anger and without bitterness, what had happened to my grandfather. As his oldest child, my mother of necessity took a major role in helping the family cope, having to quit high school and go to work to help her mother support her brothers and sisters.
Despite what she had to go through, I credit her with providing a loving family environment for me. She always spoke highly of my grandfather, and I believe that is a testament to his character.
My thanks to the County of Allegheny and City of Pittsburgh for the memorial to fallen officers.
Though today it has been one hundred years since his passing, I know my grandfather’s name will never be forgotten.
Bradley Stewart
Grandson
August 26, 2024
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