Roll of Honor
William "Buddy" Sentner, III
Incident
Location: Florida Weapon: Handgun Offender: Shot and killed
Special Agent Buddy Sentner was shot and killed in the Tallahassee Federal Correctional Institution while serving arrest warrants on six federal corrections officers at approximately 7:45 am.
The officers were being charged with smuggling contraband to prisoners in exchange for money and sexual contact with female inmates.
As agents served the warrants in the lobby, one of the six corrections officers opened fire with a personal weapon he had smuggled into the prison. Agent Sentner was fatally wounded and a corrections lieutenant, who was assisting the agents serve the warrants and make the arrests, was also shot and wounded.
Agent Sentner returned fire while shielding the other agents in the room from the gunfire. Agent Sentner's return shots fatally wounding the assailant before Agent Sentner was fatally struck in the chest. The other five corrections officers were taken into custody.
Agent Sentner had served in law enforcement for 17 years. He was assigned to the Department of Justice - Office of Inspector General's Orlando Field Office. He had formerly served as a special agent with the United States Secret Service and as an officer with the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.
Agent Sentner had served in law enforcement for 17 years. He was assigned to the Department of Justice - Office of Inspector General's Orlando Field Office. He had formerly served as a special agent with the United States Secret Service and as an officer with the United States Secret Service Uniformed Division.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife, parents, and siblings.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Special Agent Sentner gave the United States Department of Justice 17 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Special Agent Sentner.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Special Agent William "Buddy" Sentner, III 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 97,756 officers honored here.
In DC, 754 of 1,419 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53.1% of this state's fallen. That is 53.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
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