Officer Donald Paul Tucker, Sr., Dallas Police Department, Texas

Officer Donald Paul Tucker, Sr.

Dallas Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Thursday, December 13, 1973

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Donald Paul Tucker, Sr.

Officer Donald Tucker was shot and killed while answering a disturbance call in the 3700 block of Valley Ridge Road.

Upon his arrival the suspect opened fire with a .357 caliber revolver, fatally wounding Officer Tucker. The suspect attempted to shoot other people in the area but was apprehended. The suspect was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted to life. He was subsequently released after serving only 30 years.

Officer Tucker was a U.S Army veteran of the Korean war and had served with the Dallas Police Department for 18 years. He was survived by his wife and three children.

Bio

Age 40
Tour 18 years
Badge 1181
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun; .357 caliber
Offender Released after 30 years

disturbance

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As a new rookie with less than a month on, my Field Training Officer (Walter "Rocky" Colvin") and I were your 1st watch relief at Northwest Patrol and were waiting for you to bring the beat patrol car back to the station at the end of your shift so we could hit the street after detail (rollcall). We were waiting in the driveway behind the station when we heard you had been shot and all hell broke loose from a lot of us trying to get there to help. But we were all too late to make a difference except to help find the suspect who killed you. I still remember seeing your uniform cap on the front porch of the residence at the scene. Guess the vision will stay with me forever. Rest in peace, Don.

Rick Stone - Chief of Police (Retired)
Dallas Police Department - Badge Number 3442

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