Salomon Turunen
Syntymäaika: 14.12.1889
Kuolinaika: 29.8.1928
Location / Place: Salmi
Rank: Senior Constable
Police unit: Salmi Sheriff's District
Lähteitä: Suomen Poliisilehti 16/1928; Poliisimies 5a/1933
Nickname: Samuli
Tapahtumien kuvaus: Constable Salomon Turunen accompanied the Sheriff to the village Karku to maintain order during a Praasniekka festival held there. The policemen heard shots from a nearby field. When they approached, Turunen was hit by a bullet in the abdomen and fell down on the road. He was taken to the hospital in Pitkäranta, where he succumbed to his wounds.
Memorial plaque: Police University College
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