Henry Noel Harmon

Death by Force

Henry Noel Harmon, a Virginia State Police trooper, succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained on January 10, 1960, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. On that fateful day, Trooper Harmon had arrested a man for drunk driving and was transporting him to the jail in Chatham. As they drove along Route 761, approximately half a mile south of Long Island, the man drew a concealed .22 caliber handgun and shot Trooper Harmon in the neck. The injury left Trooper Harmon paralyzed from the neck down, and he rem ...Read More