Louis Perry Bryant

Arkansas State Police — Little Rock, AR

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch June 30, 1984

Age 37

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Trooper Louis Bryant was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a member of a terrorist group on U.S. Highway 71 near De Queen. He was shot several times by the suspect with a modified Colt .45. The suspect was apprehended by police in Oklahoma after a shootout. He was sentenced to life without parole for Trooper Bryant's murder but sentenced to death for another murder. The death sentence was carried out in 1995. Trooper Bryant was a United States Air Force Vietnam War veteran who served with the Arkansas State Police for 10 years and previously served with the Fayetteville Police Department. He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, brother, two sisters, and two sisters. Four members of the DeQueen, Arkansas, Police Department were killed in an automobile accident while en route to Trooper Bryant's funeral. The officers who were killed were Captain William Mills, Patrolman Herman Jones, Patrolman William Gilham, and Sergeant Roy Brewer.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, brother, two sisters, and two sisters.

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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.
Trooper Bryant gave the Arkansas State Police 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Arkansas, 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 Arkansas State Police

Location Little Rock, AR

Platform Identity asp.ar.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 30, 1984

Tour of Duty 10 yrs

Age 37

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender Executed in 1995

Military Service

Louis Perry Bryant served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Trooper Louis Perry Bryant is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 12.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Arkansas State Police, 7 of 23 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 30.4% of this agency's fallen.

Arkansas State Police

of 23 officers

30.4% Felonious

AR — Statewide

249

of 372 officers

66.9% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious