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Officer

Keith Edwin Houts

Montgomery Police Department — Montgomery, AL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 30, 2006

Age 30

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

The Vigil Panel 154 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 27

Incident

Officer Keith Houts succumbed to a gunshot wound inflicted two days earlier while making a traffic stop on North Decatur Street, just a few blocks from police headquarters, at 12:45 pm.

After shooting Officer Houts in the head, the killer shot him several times in the chest as he lay on the ground, but the shots were all stopped by his vest.

Officer Houts was transported to Jackson Hospital where he remained in critical condition until succumbing to his wounds.

The killer fled the area and was captured in McDonough, Georgia, by members of the United States Marshals Service. He was immediately extradited back to Montgomery and charged with capital murder. He was subsequently sentenced to death.

Officer Houts was a United States Army Reserves veteran of the War on Terrorism and had served with the Montgomery Police Department for two years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, parents, and sister.

In Our Keeping

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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.
Officer Houts gave the Montgomery Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the Montgomery community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department Montgomery Police Department

Type Other

Location Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Platform Identity mpd.montgomery.al.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 30, 2006

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 30

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Keith Edwin Houts served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Officer Keith Edwin Houts is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 officers honored here.

In AL, 405 of 643 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63% of this state's fallen. That is 63 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Montgomery Police Department, 16 of 28 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.

Montgomery Police Department

of 28 officers

57.1% Felonious

AL — Statewide

405

of 643 officers

63% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious