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Sean Robert Clark

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department — Charlotte, NC

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 1, 2007

Age 34

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Badge 3769

The Vigil Panel 155 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 8

Incident

Police Officer Clark and Police Officer Jeffrey Shelton were shot and killed after responding to a disturbance call.

At approximately 11:30 pm, the two officers responded to a disturbance call in an east Charlotte housing complex on Barrington Drive. They had resolved the disturbance and were walking away when they engaged in a conversation with a man who had nothing to do with the call. As they turned to walk away from the man, he produced a gun and shot both officers in the back.

Both officers were transported to the Carolinas Medical Center where they died from their injuries.

The shooter fled the scene, but was later arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The suspect has five prior convictions for resisting arrest and assaulting a government official. On September 30, 2010, he was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

Officer Clark was a U.S Air Force veteran and had served with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department for one year and was assigned to the North Tryon Division.

Survivors

He is survived by his expectant wife and 2-year-old son.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Clark gave the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department 1 year.
Thank you for your service to the Charlotte community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC

Platform Identity cmpd.mecklenburg.nc.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 1, 2007

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Age 34

Badge Number 3769

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Military Service

Sean Robert Clark served in the U.S. Air Force before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Sean Robert Clark is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In NC, 385 of 664 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 58% of this state's fallen. That is 58 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, 5 of 9 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 55.6% of this agency's fallen.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

of 9 officers

55.6% Felonious

NC — Statewide

385

of 664 officers

58% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious