Walter Leon Williams, 47, was a Dallas Police Department officer killed in the line of duty after investigating a disturbance in Oak Cliff. On the night of August 1, 1988, Williams and his rookie partner went to an apartment complex in the 3700 block of Mount Ranier Street. After the partner carried an injured teenager upstairs, Williams continued down the stairs and was ambushed, shot in the head with a .22 caliber handgun after turning the corner. Responding officers returned fire and killed the assailant at the scene.

Officer Williams was taken to Methodist Medical Center and died of his wounds about ten hours later, on August 2, 1988. A U.S. Army Vietnam veteran who had served five years with the department, he was survived by his wife, two sons, and a daughter and was remembered for mentoring young men in the community. The assailant was killed at the scene; there were no further arrests or suspects reported.

Does anyone remember Officer Williams or have information about events at that Mount Ranier Street apartment complex on August 1, 1988?