Marshall Jefferson Sowders Jr., a 28-year-old male of Caucasian ethnicity, was a patrolman with the Longview Police Department in Texas. On the night of November 22, 1977, he was shot and killed while making a traffic stop of two robbery suspects on FM 1845 just west of Cotton Street. The incident occurred when Patrolman Sowders noticed a suspicious vehicle, turned his cruiser around, and approached it. As he got closer, the male driver suddenly exited the vehicle and opened fire with a .357 cal
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