Hollie Lamar Tull

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol — Austin, TX

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch September 14, 1974

Age 48

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 94

Incident

Patrolman Hollie Tull was shot and killed after stopping two men who had just committed a bank robbery of the Walburg State Bank in Walburg near Georgetown. During the robbery, the suspects made everyone lie face down on the floor. They shot three in the head without provocation. Miraculously, all three survived. Two were treated and released. One was admitted to a hospital in serious condition. Patrolman Tull stopped the suspects at 30th Street, near the Temple landfill. While holding one of the suspect's ID cards, he was struck by two shotgun blasts. Despite being severely wounded, Patrolman Tull was able to return to his patrol car to retrieve his shotgun and alert other officers of his location. The suspects followed him to the vehicle, and he continued to struggle with them before being shot several more times with a .32 caliber handgun. The suspects, both 20, were AWOL soldiers from Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Both were captured, convicted, and sentenced to death. Their death sentences were later reduced to life in prison. One was denied parole on February 19, 2016. His next parole hearing is in February of 2026. The other suspect was denied parole on July 6, 2018, and July 2023. Patrolman Tull was a United States Navy WWII veteran and had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for 14 years, assigned to Temple.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and a sister.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Tull gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

Type Highway Patrol

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 14, 1974

Tour of Duty 14 yrs

Age 48

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Hollie Lamar Tull served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Hollie Lamar Tull is one of 17,558 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,460 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.4 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 35 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 36.8% of this agency's fallen.

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

of 95 officers

36.8% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,460

of 2,421 officers

60.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,558

of 32,585 officers

53.9% Felonious