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Officer

Walter Leon Williams

Dallas Police Department — Dallas, TX

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch August 2, 1988

Age 47

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 4994

The Vigil Panel 133 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 94

Incident

Officer Walter Williams was shot and killed while investigating a disturbance at an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Mount Ranier Street in the city's Oak Cliff section of the city. At 10:00 p.m., while Officer Williams and his rookie partner were investigating the disturbance, a shooting occurred at the same location. As he and his partner went downstairs to investigate, they encountered a wounded teenager who had been shot in the shoulder, and Officer Williams' partner went upstairs with the injured person. Officer Williams was ambushed and shot in the head after turning the corner of the stairs. Responding officers returned fire, killing the subject. Officer Williams was transported to Methodist Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds ten hours later. Officer Williams was a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and had served with the Dallas Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: July 23, 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 Williams gave the Dallas Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Dallas community, 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 Dallas Police Department

Location Dallas, TX

Platform Identity dpd.dallas.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 2, 1988

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 47

Badge Number 4994

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .22 caliber

Offender Shot and killed

Military Service

Walter Leon Williams served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Officer Walter Leon Williams 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 TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Dallas Police Department, 55 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.9% of this agency's fallen.

Dallas Police Department

of 95 officers

57.9% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious