DEC 2020 Blues Vol 36 No. 12 - 36TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION

Police Officer Marshall

Police Officer Marshall Waters, Jr. Mangham Police Dept., Louisiana End of Watch Thursday, November 5,2020 Age 49 Tour #N/A Badge #PD3 Police Officer Marshall Waters succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained on October 17th, 2020, while conducting a traffic stop on Highway 425 near the Franklin Parish / Richland Parish border. The vehicle had just been stolen during an armed commercial robbery in Rayville. As Officer Waters stepped from his patrol car the driver of the vehicle shot him once in the abdomen. The round struck Officer Waters below his vest and damaged his femoral artery. The man fled the scene and was arrested in Franklin Parish several hours later. Officer Waters remained hospitalized until succumbing to his wound.Officer Waters served as a part-time police officer with the Mangham Police Department and was a full-time EMT for the Northeast Louisiana Ambulance Service. Sergeant Sean Rios Houston Police Dept., Texas End of Watch Monday, November 9, 2020 Age 47 Tour 25 Years Badge #N/A Sergeant Sean Rios was shot and killed in the 7700 block of North Freeway at about 1:30 pm while en route to start his shift at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. He encountered two vehicles and an armed man on the roadway and became engaged in a shootout with the subject. Sergeant Rios was fatally wounded in the shootout. The subjects in both vehicles fled the scene. The man suspected of shooting Sergeant Rios was arrested the following day. The second subject remains at large. Sergeant Rios had served with the Houston Police Department for 25 years and was assigned to the Airport Division. He is survived by four children, parents, brother, and two cousins who work also serve with the Houston Police Department. Police Officer Travis C. Wallace Helena-West Police Dept., Arkansas End of Watch Thursday, November 12, 2020 Age 41 Tour #N/A Badge #N/A Police Officer Charlie Cortez Tulalip Tribal Police Dept., Washington End of Watch Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Age 29 Tour 3 years Badge # N/A Police Officer Travis Wallace was shot and killed in the 1200 block of Highway Police Officer Charlie Cortez died after the 24-foot fisheries enforcement 49 while attempting to arrest a subject wanted for a shooting that vessel he was in capsized after being struck by a rogue wave in the Puget occurred the previous week. Officer Wallace and another officer saw the Sound, Washington, at about 9:00 pm. He and his partner had just escorted subject in a vehicle and conducted a traffic stop as it exited a motel parking a distressed boater into Tulalip Bay when their vessel was struck lot. The suspect immediately exited the vehicle, advanced on Officer by the wave and capsized. A search was immediately initiated by tribal, Wallace’s vehicle, and opened fire. Despite being wounded, Officer Wallace local, state, and federal agencies in the area. Officer Cortez’s partner was returned fire at the suspect. Officer Wallace was transported to a local located in the water suffering from hypothermia near Hat Island at about hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. 11:45 pm and rescued by tribal fishermen. Officer Cortez was not located and, due to cold water temperatures and adverse weather conditions, Officer Wallace is survived by his son. it was determined that Officer Cortez could not have survived. Officer Cortez had served with the Tulalip Tribal Police Department for three years. 78 The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE The BLUES POLICE MAGAZINE 79