Roll of Honor
Incident
City Marshal Clarence Sanger was shot and killed when he interrupted two men attempting to break into a garage. When he confronted them they opened fire with a shotgun. Both suspects were apprehended but released due to a lack of evidence. Both suspects, ages 41 and 42, ex-convicts with lengthy records including one who killed J. L. David a Kansas police detective in Leavenworth on May 19, 1923, had spent most of their lives in Leavenworth and Alcatraz. The suspect who killed Detective David was sentenced to life but had his sentence reduced to 15 years in 1928 and was later released. Both were former members of the Alvin Carpis-Barker gang. On June 18, 1949, both were shot and killed by the Colfax County Sheriff and three Nebraska State Troopers after they forced a jewelry salesman off the road and robbed him of $75,000 in jewels near Howells, Nebraska. The sheriff was shot in both hands. Marshal Sanger was single and had served as marshal for only six months. He had turned 48 years old the day before being killed.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
City Marshal Sanger served with the Moran Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Moran community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, City Marshal Sanger.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
City Marshal Clarence A. Sanger is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In KS, 237 of 335 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 70.7% of this state's fallen. That is 16.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Clarence A. Sanger's cause is highlighted.
How Clarence A. Sanger Compares
Offender Outcome
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Clarence A. Sanger is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Clarence A. Sanger was killed by shotgun.