Paul Douglas Hulsey

Officer Paul Hulsey was shot and killed while investigating a Chevrolet Corvette with stolen plates at the Beaumont Inn at 2155 N 11th Street in Beaumont. He had spotted the vehicle in a hotel parking lot and learned that it was stolen after running its tags. He requested backup after learning from the hotel manager which room the suspect was in. His backup officer was sent to another call involving a pedestrian fatality, so Officer Hulsey approached the suspect alone as the man came out of the hotel room. A violent struggle ensued, and the suspect was able to retrieve a gun from the room and fatally shoot Officer Hulsey. Officer Hulsey had no idea that the suspect was wanted in Florida for killing a 14-year-old girl and in Indiana for killing a 16-year-old girl and robbing a bank. The suspect was later apprehended and subsequently received death sentences in Florida, Indiana, and Texas for the murder of at least four other victims. He was executed on December 9th, 1997. Officer Hulsey was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Beaumont Police Department for eight years.

He was survived by his wife, two daughters, his mother, his father (a former Galveston police chief), and other family members.