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Chad Michael Walker
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Trooper

Chad Michael Walker

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol — Austin, TX
Felonious
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End of Watch March 28, 2021
Age 38
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
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Gender Male
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 95

Incident

Trooper Chad Walker succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained two days earlier when he was ambushed while stopping to assist what he believed was a disabled vehicle near Mexia, Texas.

He was traveling on FM 2838, near U.S. Highway 84, when he observed the vehicle parked on the shoulder at about 7:45 pm. As he pulled behind the vehicle, the driver exited and opened fire with a handgun, shooting through the windshield of the patrol car before it had come to a full stop. Trooper Walker was struck in the head and abdomen.

The driver fled into a wooded area and remained at large until committing suicide the following day. The weapon used to kill Trooper Walker had been used in the murder of a Palestine employee days earlier.

Trooper Walker was transported to a local hospital, where it was determined he could not survive his wounds. He was kept on life support until March 31st, 2021, when his organs were donated.

Trooper Walker had served with the Texas Highway Patrol for six years and had 18 years of law enforcement experience. He had previously served with the Groesbeck Police Department, the Athens Police Department, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, and the Limestone County Sheriff's Office.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife, 15-year-old son, twin 7-year-old daughters, and a two-month-old daughter.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Walker gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Walker.

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

Agency

Department Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol
Type Highway Patrol
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 28, 2021
Tour of Duty 18 yrs
Age 38
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Chad is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2021, 90 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 66th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Chad was 38. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Chad had served 18 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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Age by years of service
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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol has 96 officers remembered here, Chad among them.

Across the years
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Where

Trooper Chad Michael Walker

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol · End of Watch March 28, 2021

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-E

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