WILLIAM SHIELDS
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Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 54-E: 30
Department: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, C.O.
End of Watch: October 16, 1903
Cause: SHOT
Age: 41
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Constable Shields was shot as he and fellow officers attempted to arrest several suspects. Constable Shields was shot in the chest and died at the scene. One of the suspects was killed in an exchange of gunfire. The second suspect escaped.
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