Roll of Honor
Incident
Deputy Evans was shot and killed when he was mistaken for a bootlegging suspect while conducting an investigation. Deputy Evans had served with the agency for 4 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and child.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Evans gave the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Scranton community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Evans.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Samuel Robert Evans is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In PA, 417 of 1,261 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.1% of this state's fallen. That is 2.1 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Samuel Robert Evans's cause is highlighted.
How Samuel Robert Evans Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Samuel Robert Evans is highlighted in Sep.