Roll of Honor
Travis Cental Wallace
Incident
Police Officer Travis Wallace was shot and killed in the 1200 block of Highway 49 while attempting to arrest a subject wanted for a shooting that occurred the previous week.
Officer Wallace and another officer saw the subject in a vehicle and conducted a traffic stop as it exited a motel parking lot. The suspect immediately exited the vehicle, advanced on Officer Wallace's patrol car, and opened fire. Despite being wounded, Officer Wallace returned fire at the suspect.
The man returned to the vehicle and fled the area with another person. Officer Wallace was transported to a local hospital, where he succumbed to his wounds.
Both subjects were arrested in Mississippi the following day. The man who shot Officer Wallace was convicted of capital murder in 2025 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The second subject was charged with hindering apprehension.
Officer Wallace had served with the Helena-West Helena Police Department for five years.
Survivors
He is survived by his son.
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- August 2, 2026
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Wallace gave the Helena-West Helena Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the West Helena community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Wallace.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Travis Cental Wallace 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 97,772 officers honored here.
In AR, 249 of 372 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 66.9% of this state's fallen. That is 66.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Travis Cental Wallace was killed by gun; unknown type.
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