Ted Poe: “Texas has lost another one of our finest men in blue. Last month, Detective Jerry Walker responded to a call of a man…”

“Texas has lost another one of our finest men in blue. Last month, Detective Jerry Walker responded to a call of a man brandishing a rifle and screaming and hollering in his backyard. So the officers arrived, and they ordered the man to drop the weapon, but the outlaw did not comply. He ran into the house and started firing his weapon--shooting at the officers from inside the cover of his home. During the shoot-out with the officers, the outlaw was killed, but Detective Walker--a 48-year-old father of four and an 18-year veteran of the force--was shot during the shoot-out. This is a photograph of him. His fellow officers rushed to Detective Walker, and he was later airlifted to the hospital, but he died at the hospital. As his body was transported from the hospital, dozens of officers and emergency responders lined the street, saluting their fallen detective. The song ``Amazing Grace'' could be heard on bagpipes as his body was taken away and traveled down the street. Not only was Detective Walker an outstanding member of the Little Elm Police Department, but he also wore another uniform. He wore the uniform of a soldier in the United States Army. Walker served our country both at home and abroad. Mr. Speaker, Little Elm is in north Texas. It has a population of about 3,500 people. It has approximately 21 police officers, and Detective Walker was the longest-serving officer in that town. Detective Walker's youngest child is only a few months old.…”