Walter Quitman Eckert, Jr

Deputy Sheriff Walter Q. Eckert

Travis County Sheriff's Department

Texas

End of Watch: Wednesday, June 4, 1975

Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info

Age: 52

Tour of Duty: Not available

Badge Number: Not available

Deputy Eckert succumbed gunshot wounds sustained eight years

earlier. He and Deputy Benjamin Berry were shot and as they

attempted to serve a warrant on a man for writing bad checks. The

deputies entered the man's residence after being told by a neighbor

that the man was inside of the home. The suspect opened fire on the

deputies with a M-1 carbine, striking Deputy Berry in the chest and

Deputy Eckert in the hip and calf. Deputy Eckert returned fire but did

not strike the suspect. The man was arrested and sentenced to 99

years in prison but released after serving only 13 years.

Deputy Eckert succumbed to his wounds on June 4, 1975.

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