Bio & Incident Details
Age: 26
Tour: 1 year, 6 months
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 12/2/1972
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: sentenced to life
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Patrolman Walton was shot and killed after stopping a speeding vehicle in Robeson County. A Rowland police officer found him laying in a ditch beside his patrol car on state road 130, close to the South Carolina state line. He had been shot five times.
A man was arrested the next day and charged with Patrolman Walton's murder. He had resently been released from prison after serving five years for manslaughter. He was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life on March 21, 1973.
Patrolman Walton is survived by his wife and two children.
