DeQueen Police Department, Arkansas
End of Watch: Thursday, July 5, 1984
Age: 33
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Badge Number: 21
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: July 5, 1984
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Captain William Mills, Patrolman Herman Jones, Patrolman William Gilham, and Sergeant Roy Brewer were all killed in a head-on automobile crash while en route to attend the funeral of Trooper Louis Bryant of the Arkansas State Police. Trooper Bryant had been shot and killed in the line of duty six days earlier.
Captain Mills was a U.S. Army Vietnam War veteran and served with the DeQueen Police Department for 11 years. He was survived by his expectant wife.