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Deputy Sheriff Clifton F. Arnsparger | Bourbon County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky
Bourbon County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

Deputy Sheriff

Clifton F. Arnsparger

Bourbon County Sheriff's Department, Kentucky

End of Watch: Sunday, January 5, 1941

Biographical Info

Age: 44
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: January 5, 1941
Weapon Used: Handgun; Pistol
Suspect Info: Paroled in 1953

Deputy Clifton Arnsparger was shot and killed and another deputy was wounded when a man they attempted to question about a theft suddenly produced a pistol and opened fire.

The 25-year-old suspect was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. After a second trial he was sentenced to life. He received an additional two years for shooting the other deputy. He was paroled August 18, 1953. On May 10, 1961, he was shot and mortally wounded by two state troopers in Breathitt County after he fired at them when they attempted to arrest him for malicious shooting. He died a week later.

Deputy Arnsparger was survived by his wife.