Clark Murell Rosenbalm Jr. was a 28-year-old patrol deputy with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office who was shot and killed on the night of December 4, 1983, near Old Decatur Road in Saginaw, Texas. While investigating two vehicles parked at the roadside and suspecting a drug deal, he exited his patrol car; a struggle followed when the occupants tried to flee and one of them shot Deputy Rosenbalm with a .357 caliber handgun. The bullet penetrated his vest and proved fatal.

Law enforcement quickly arrested the suspects at the scene. The person identified as the shooter was charged with murder; that case proceeded through the courts. Deputy Rosenbalm was survived by his wife, and his death was the first line-of-duty fatality for the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office in almost 40 years. Anyone with information or memories of Deputy Rosenbalm and the case is invited to share what they know.