Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrol Officer Warren Walton succumbed to gunshot wounds received the previous day when he attempted to stop a robbery at a hospital pharmacy. He was moonlighting as a security guard at the Mounds Park Hospital when the pharmacist called him and told him there were three men in ski masks nearby. As Officer Walton proceeded to the scene the men held the pharmacist at gunpoint and demanded Class A narcotics. As the pharmacist led the men to the drugs the elevator doors sounded. As Officer Walton stepped out of the opening doors one of the men opened fire, striking him twice in the head. Officer Walton was taken to a second hospital where he succumbed to his wounds the following day. One suspect was apprehended a short time later and the other two were arrested two years later. All were convicted and sentenced to life in prison. The gunman was released in 2015 but returned to prison after failing a drug test.
Survivors
Officer Walton had been with the agency for seven years and was survived by his wife and five children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrol Officer Walton gave the Oakdale Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Oakdale community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrol Officer Walton.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrol Officer Richard Warren Walton 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 MN, 173 of 293 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 59% of this state's fallen. That is 4.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Richard Warren Walton's cause is highlighted.
How Richard Warren Walton Compares
Offender Outcome
Sentenced to life
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Richard Warren Walton is highlighted in Oct.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Richard Warren Walton was killed by gun; unknown type.