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| Sheriff Jess L. Sarber
Allen County Sheriff's Department
Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, October 12, 1933 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Thursday, October 12, 1933
Weapon Used: Rifle; Machine gun
Suspect Info: Executed in 1934 Sheriff Sarber was shot and killed when several members of the Dillinger Gang attempted to break John Dillinger out of the Allen County Jail. Sheriff Sarber was killed when the men opened fire with a Thompson machine gun.
One of the gang members was convicted of murdering Sheriff Sarber and executed on October 17, 1934.
Led by John Dillinger, the Dillinger Gang was a notorius group of mid-west bank robbers. Assocaties of the gant were responsible for the fatal shootings of 13 law enforcement officers in 1933 and 1934.
Two infamous members of the gang, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson, were shot and killed by law enforcement officers in separate incidents.
The other gang members were either murdered by criminals, shot and killed by law enforcement officers, executed for their crimes, or sentenced to time in prison. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
