Allen County Sheriff's Department
Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, October 12, 1933
Cause: Gunfire
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 notorious 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.
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Additional information from Jesse Sarber 48111772
Sheriff Sarber was not killed by submachine gun fire. He was shot in the stomach by Harry Pierpont, who wielded a pistol. He was then pistol-whipped on the head by Charles Makely, who also wielded a pistol.
Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, October 12, 1933
Cause: Gunfire
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 notorious 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.
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Additional information from Jesse Sarber 48111772
Sheriff Sarber was not killed by submachine gun fire. He was shot in the stomach by Harry Pierpont, who wielded a pistol. He was then pistol-whipped on the head by Charles Makely, who also wielded a pistol.
Allen County Sheriff's Department
Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, October 12, 1933
Cause: Gunfire
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 notorious 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.
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Additional information from Jesse Sarber 48111772
Sheriff Sarber was not killed by submachine gun fire. He was shot in the stomach by Harry Pierpont, who wielded a pistol. He was then pistol-whipped on the head by Charles Makely, who also wielded a pistol.
Ohio
End of Watch: Thursday, October 12, 1933
Cause: Gunfire
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 notorious 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.
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Additional information from Jesse Sarber 48111772
Sheriff Sarber was not killed by submachine gun fire. He was shot in the stomach by Harry Pierpont, who wielded a pistol. He was then pistol-whipped on the head by Charles Makely, who also wielded a pistol.
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