Clarence E. Hamler

Death by Force

Patrolman Clarence E. Hamler, aged 27, of the Chattanooga Police Department, was tragically shot and killed on August 14, 1977. He was killed while intervening in a robbery at the Red Food Store on S. Broad Street. Patrolman Hamler had stopped at the grocery store to visit his brother when two armed robbers entered. As he rounded a corner, one of the suspects shot him in the head and neck. Patrolman Hamler's brother picked up his gun and fatally wounded one of the suspects.

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