Bio & Incident Details
Age: 28
Tour: 7 years
Badge # 98
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/8/1954
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Acquitted
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Trooper Hansen was shot and killed after stopping a stolen vehicle near Valentine, Nebraska. The sheriff of Cherry County had received information that the vehicle would be stripped of parts in a rural area and he and Trooper Hansen setup a stake out. They stopped the vehicle when it approached and one of the suspects fled. Trooper Hansen chased the man and was shot and killed about 200-feet from the road. The suspect was arrested and initially sentenced to death but was acquitted in a second trial and freed.
Trooper Hansen had been with the agency for seven years and was survived by his wife.
