Bio & Incident Details
Age: 37
Tour: 9 years
Badge # 232
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/22/1957
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: Committed suicide
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Officer Charles Sanders was shot and killed after responding to a call that Deputy Sheriff David Hefner and his partner, of the Lane County Sheriff's Department, had been wounded while investigating a domestic violence call. When Officer Sanders arrived he and other officers engaged the suspect in a two-hour gun battle.
As Officer Sanders and other officers attempted to enter the suspect’s house, Officer Sanders was shot and killed with a rifle. The suspect then shot and killed himself. Deputy Sheriff Hefner died one month later from his wound.
Officer Sanders had been with agency for nine years.
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