Police killings
2013-2020

Rudy Joseph Garcia

Male, Hispanic

Date of the incident: 1/17/2017

Little Elm, Denton, TX
1433 Turtle Cove Dr

Officers responded to a man with a gun call. Garcia, armed with a rifle, barricaded himself into a house. Officers set up a perimeter. SWAT responded. Garcia shot Detective Jerry Walker, also a SWAT marksman and observer, as he took his position. Multiple officers shot at Garcia, striking him in the head and killing him. Detective Walker was pronounced dead at Denton Medical Center. The Texas Ranger Division investigated.