On February 12, 1996, Hot Springs Patrol Officer Christopher Bruce Anderson, 36, was killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on Lafayette Street. Anderson, a 12-year department veteran, was shot twice in the throat after the subject of the warrant was allowed to go inside his home to get dressed and then emerged with a handgun. The wounds were immediately fatal.

The assailant took Anderson’s service weapon and patrol car, leading officers on a vehicle pursuit and a later foot chase before being taken into custody. The suspect had a documented history of mental illness and was charged with Officer Anderson’s murder. Officer Anderson was survived by his wife and daughter.