Matthew Nolan
Nueces County Sheriff's
Department
Texas
End of Watch: Thursday, December 22, 1864
Biographical Info
Age:
30
Tour of Duty:
5 year
Incident Details
Cause of Death:
Gunfire
Date of Incident:
Thursday, December 22, 1864
Weapon Used:
Handgun
Sheriff Nolan was shot and
killed in an ambush
attack.
Sheriff Nolan was on duty and talking to a local citizen when two armed
suspects approached them. The men asked Sheriff Nolan what his name
was. When Sheriff
Nolan replied, the men opened fire, killing him instantly. As the
citizen ran
after the two suspects, he was shot and killed also.
Sheriff Nolan's brother, Deputy Thomas Nolan, had been killed in the
line of
duty four years earlier when Sheriff Matthew Nolan and Deputy Thomas
Nolan
attempted to arrest an intoxicated man.
Sheriff Nolan had served with the Nueces County Sheriff's Department
for five
years and was survived by his wife.
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