Detroit Police Officer Frank E. Walls, 39, was killed in the line of duty on Monday, October 17, 1988. A 13-year veteran of the department and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Officer Walls was part of a special operations team that entered an apartment on Springle Avenue after a mentally disturbed man had already shot and killed Lieutenant James Schmit.

After a six-hour siege, the team made entry and, at approximately 2:14 p.m., Walls moved toward the stairs while the unit secured the lower level. He was fatally shot by the suspect; other members of the SRT returned fire and killed the suspect at the scene. No arrests were made because the sole suspect died during the confrontation. Officer Walls was survived by his parents, a sister, and two brothers.

If anyone has information about the incident or remembers the events that day, please share what is known.