1967

January 21, 1967
Gunfire @ 3200 Wheeler

DOB – 2/10/1942, Age 24
Badge – 2023
Class #31
Final Resting place – Earthman Resthaven, Houston

Officer Louis L. Sander was shot and killed on Saturday, January 21, 1967, by a unknown motorist, whom he had apparently stopped for a traffic violation at Nance and Hardy on the north side.

Officer Sander was on duty on a three-wheeled motorcycle. He was shot once and was dead on arrival at Ben Taub Hospital. Sander fired five shots at his assailant, who drove away at a high rate of speed, according to witnesses. The witnesses described the killer's car as a two-tone, late model Pontiac. Five empty shells were found in Officer Sander's gun. The killer apparently shot him off the motorcycle. The cycle was found on its side in the street. Sander was unable to talk before he died.

Officer Louis L. Snader, 24, had been a policeman since 1964. Officer L.L. Sanders is survived by his wife, Linda McBride Sanders and daughter Stacey.

Source – Houston Police Department Museum Files