Detective James Merry Walker, a 30-year-old African American, was shot and killed on January 8, 2008, in Miami, Florida. Walker had served with the Miami Police Department for eight years and was assigned to the Domestic Violence Unit. He was off duty and parking his unmarked department vehicle near Northeast 164th Street and 18th Avenue in North Miami Beach when a suspect who had gone to the area to commit another shooting tried to enter the car, mistakenly believing it belonged to an accomplice driving an identical make and model.

Walker and the suspect exchanged gunfire; Walker was fatally wounded and the suspect fled the scene but was apprehended a week later in front of Miami Police Department headquarters. The suspect was later convicted of first-degree murder and received a life sentence, plus an additional 50 years for two unrelated armed robberies. Walker’s colleagues and community remember his sacrifice and service.

Is there anyone who knew Detective Walker or who has information about that night?