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Daughter of former Dallas Cowboy Pettis Norman is slain
By ROBERT WILONSKY AND TRISTAN HALLMAN
The daughter of beloved former Dallas Cowboy Pettis Norman was found shot to death in her downtown apartment Monday evening, police said.
Police officers found Sharneen “Shawn” Norman, a former music executive in New York City, at the DP&L Flats on Browder and Commerce streets. Detectives are treating the case as a homicide, but have released little information about what happened or possible suspects.
Norman, who was divorced, lived alone. Her father, a 75-year-old former Cowboys tight end who became a successful businessman, said there was no sign of a break-in at the apartment.
His daughter’s 50th birthday would have been Wednesday, and her family already celebrated. Now, he is planning her funeral and trying to make sense of her death.
“She was just a very loving person,” Norman said. “That’s the person we know. That’s the person other folks are describing to us.”
He said he texted his daughter, the eldest of three, Saturday concerning a deal involving the family’s hair care business, Liquid Love. But when he and his two other daughters couldn’t reach Shawn after that, they started worrying.
He said he called police Monday to request a health and welfare check after his daughter didn’t show up for work.
“Normally, if we call or text she will respond very quickly,” Norman said.
Officers were dispatched to the former Dallas Power & Light building shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, according to Officer Tramese Andrews, a Dallas police spokeswoman. Andrews said the manager let officers into Shawn Norman’s apartment, where they discovered her body.
Pettis Norman deferred questions about the investigation to police. Maj. Jeff Cotner said the investigation is continuing, and detectives stayed up all night working the case. Cotner was tight-lipped on other details.
Norman said his daughter, who graduated from Howard University in Washington, loved to work and made friends easily. Shawn Norman was married briefly in the 1990s but had no children. She came back to Dallas from New York about two years ago to work with her family’s hair care business, her father said.
Norman, who starred for the Cowboys from 1962 to 1970, said he saw his daughter four or five times a week.
“I’ve raised a very close family,” said Norman, whose wife, Margaret, died in 1991 and was eulogized by Jesse Jackson.
Norman’s grandson, Alex, plays defensive tackle for the Texas Longhorns. “We always tried to have a strong family bond with each other, and I tried to pass that down to the kids and grandkids and so forth. It’s just so difficult.
“We're just trying to deal with this the best we can and then let the evidence point us to where else we need to go.”
By ROBERT WILONSKY AND TRISTAN HALLMAN
The daughter of beloved former Dallas Cowboy Pettis Norman was found shot to death in her downtown apartment Monday evening, police said.
Police officers found Sharneen “Shawn” Norman, a former music executive in New York City, at the DP&L Flats on Browder and Commerce streets. Detectives are treating the case as a homicide, but have released little information about what happened or possible suspects.
Norman, who was divorced, lived alone. Her father, a 75-year-old former Cowboys tight end who became a successful businessman, said there was no sign of a break-in at the apartment.
His daughter’s 50th birthday would have been Wednesday, and her family already celebrated. Now, he is planning her funeral and trying to make sense of her death.
“She was just a very loving person,” Norman said. “That’s the person we know. That’s the person other folks are describing to us.”
He said he texted his daughter, the eldest of three, Saturday concerning a deal involving the family’s hair care business, Liquid Love. But when he and his two other daughters couldn’t reach Shawn after that, they started worrying.
He said he called police Monday to request a health and welfare check after his daughter didn’t show up for work.
“Normally, if we call or text she will respond very quickly,” Norman said.
Officers were dispatched to the former Dallas Power & Light building shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, according to Officer Tramese Andrews, a Dallas police spokeswoman. Andrews said the manager let officers into Shawn Norman’s apartment, where they discovered her body.
Pettis Norman deferred questions about the investigation to police. Maj. Jeff Cotner said the investigation is continuing, and detectives stayed up all night working the case. Cotner was tight-lipped on other details.
Norman said his daughter, who graduated from Howard University in Washington, loved to work and made friends easily. Shawn Norman was married briefly in the 1990s but had no children. She came back to Dallas from New York about two years ago to work with her family’s hair care business, her father said.
Norman, who starred for the Cowboys from 1962 to 1970, said he saw his daughter four or five times a week.
“I’ve raised a very close family,” said Norman, whose wife, Margaret, died in 1991 and was eulogized by Jesse Jackson.
Norman’s grandson, Alex, plays defensive tackle for the Texas Longhorns. “We always tried to have a strong family bond with each other, and I tried to pass that down to the kids and grandkids and so forth. It’s just so difficult.
“We're just trying to deal with this the best we can and then let the evidence point us to where else we need to go.”
