Police Officer Gerald Walker, Garland Police Department, Texas

Police Officer Gerald Walker

Garland Police Department, Texas

End of Watch Thursday, November 16, 1989

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Gerald Walker

Police Officer Gerald Walker was shot with a and killed at the intersection of Saturn Road and Lexington Drive after conducting a traffic stop on a man who was speeding at about 11:15 pm.

Unbeknownst to Officer Walker, the man had just murdered four other people in an alleged drug dispute inside a suburban home. Among the victims was a 4-year-old girl whom the man shot in the face.
The man shot Officer Walker with a 20-gauge shotgun and then fled the scene.

Officer Walker was transported to a local hospital where he died shortly after midnight.

The man, who was on parole after serving 11 years for the 1973 killings of his adoptive parents, was sentenced to death and executed in 2000.

Officer Walker, a U.S. Air Force veteran, had served with the Garland Police Department for 17 years. He had previously served with the Farmer's Branch Police Department and Grapevine Police Department for a total of 5 years. He is survived by his wife and two children.

Bio

Age 48
Tour 22 years
Badge 132
Military Veteran

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Incident Date Wednesday, November 15, 1989
Weapon Shotgun; 20 gauge
Offender Executed in 2000

parolee, traffic stop

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Gerald was the Security NCOIC at the Garland Air National Guard Station. Home of the 254th Combat Communications group and the 221st Combat Communications squadron Texas Air National Guard.

I passed by each month where he was shot driving to and from GANGS. I would,always say hi and tell him he was missed.

He told me how he would die. The only thing he got wrong was it was a shotgun instead of a pistol.

He was the first Garland PD officer to die in the line of duty.

Mark Young, MSgt, USAF, TXANG Ret.
254th Combat Communications Group, USAF, TXANG

March 11, 2025