Patrolman John Robert Fallis

John Robert Fallis

Patrolman Johnny Fallis was shot and killed while investigating a noise complaint at 700 Walnut Street.

When he arrived at the scene he located a vehicle playing loud music with two male subjects sitting inside. As he radioed the license plate information to dispatch one of the men exited the vehicle and opened fire with a .22 caliber handgun, striking Patrolman Fallis in the arm and chest.

The subject fled to Grady, Arkansas, where he was arrested the following day. He was convicted of Patrolman Fallis' murder and sentenced to life without parole. At the time of Patrolman Fallis' murder, the man was wanted for in Seattle, Washington, for murdering two teenagers on April 6th, 1984.

Patrolman Fallis had served with the Pine Bluff Police Department for 2-1/2 years.