This blog is in honor of Detective Jerry Walker, Little Elm Police Department. Detective Walker died of wounds he suffered when an armed suspect fled into his residence, then immediately opened fired from one of his windows. Detective Walker was struck twice and was airlifted from the scene; unfortunately, he succumbed to his wounds several hours later.
Detective Walker was a member of the Little Elm SWAT unit and was one of the first SWAT officers on the scene. Walker and another officer were only a few yards apart when a single shot was fired from the house, although the officers were not able to ascertain from where the shot was fired. A few seconds later several shots were fired from the house, and the other officer saw Walker collapse. Several officers immediately rescued Detective Walker and moved him out of area.
Detective Walker leaves behind his wife and four children, along with all his colleagues at Little Elm. In reading about Detective Walker today, I learned that he was well respected in Little Elm and the surrounding area. He was a community-oriented police officer and was loved by the school children in Little Elm. He made presentations at the schools and influenced older students to become police officers. The Police Chief said of Detective Walker that he was a model police officer.
Detective Walker is the first Texas Peace Officer to be killed in the line of duty this year. Across the nation five police officers have died or been killed in the line of duty this year, including at least two who were targeted because they were police officers, and were ambushed. It is shaping up to be another dangerous year for police officers.
My prayers go out to Detective Walker's family and his colleagues, and to the families of the other officers as well. May God comfort all of them as the shock wears off and the reality sets in, that their loved ones are gone from this life. Life will go on for those left behind, but the emptiness left by the deaths of these officers will not be filled in this lifetime.
May God watch over the police and correctional officers around the nation...
And may God Bless America.
Detective Walker was a member of the Little Elm SWAT unit and was one of the first SWAT officers on the scene. Walker and another officer were only a few yards apart when a single shot was fired from the house, although the officers were not able to ascertain from where the shot was fired. A few seconds later several shots were fired from the house, and the other officer saw Walker collapse. Several officers immediately rescued Detective Walker and moved him out of area.
Detective Walker leaves behind his wife and four children, along with all his colleagues at Little Elm. In reading about Detective Walker today, I learned that he was well respected in Little Elm and the surrounding area. He was a community-oriented police officer and was loved by the school children in Little Elm. He made presentations at the schools and influenced older students to become police officers. The Police Chief said of Detective Walker that he was a model police officer.
Detective Walker is the first Texas Peace Officer to be killed in the line of duty this year. Across the nation five police officers have died or been killed in the line of duty this year, including at least two who were targeted because they were police officers, and were ambushed. It is shaping up to be another dangerous year for police officers.
My prayers go out to Detective Walker's family and his colleagues, and to the families of the other officers as well. May God comfort all of them as the shock wears off and the reality sets in, that their loved ones are gone from this life. Life will go on for those left behind, but the emptiness left by the deaths of these officers will not be filled in this lifetime.
May God watch over the police and correctional officers around the nation...
And may God Bless America.
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