On the night of September 28, 2005, Corporal James Calvin Jamie Walker, 32, of the Waynesboro Police Department was killed during a traffic stop near the city library. As he approached a suspicious van, the driver opened fire with a shotgun and fatally wounded him. The van was later found abandoned just outside the city limits.

Authorities mounted a rapid manhunt and arrested a suspect, 33-year-old James Elmer Hartley, about three hours after the shooting. Hartley was later indicted on capital murder, motor vehicle theft and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Venue for jury selection was changed; the trial was held at the Wayne County Courthouse. On August 27, 2007, Hartley was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Corporal Walker had served with the department for two and a half years and was survived by two daughters, his parents and two siblings. Does anyone have memories of Walker’s service or information about that night that could add to the record?