On the early morning of October 11, 1992, 32-year-old Norristown Police Officer Thomas M. Barone was killed while responding to a domestic disturbance at a row house on West Elm Street. Barone, a two-year member of the Norristown Police Department and a former officer with Tredyffrin and Limerick, was ambushed as he climbed a narrow staircase and was shot multiple times in the head and chest with a .38 caliber revolver. His partner, Officer Louis Zbyszinski, tried to pull him to safety while the shooter continued firing, wounding Barone again and injuring a woman in the house.

Walter H.G. Baker was taken into custody and later pleaded guilty during his trial, saying he wanted to get it over with. He was convicted of first-degree murder in April 1993 and sentenced to death; he died of natural causes in prison at age 54. The community later honored Officer Barone with a plaque at the elementary school he attended as a child.

Did anyone in the Norristown area at the time have information about the disturbance that night or about Barone’s final call?