Sheriff: ‘We stand together as a family’ in honor of fallen DPS trooper

Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chad Walker died in Waco on March 31 -- five days after he was shot multiple times while responding to a motorist assist call. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | COURTESY PHOTO
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Chad Walker died in Waco on March 31 -- five days after he was shot multiple times while responding to a motorist assist call. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY | COURTESY PHOTO

Emergency vehicles in Lampasas County lighted up their emergency signals Thursday afternoon in honor of a fallen state trooper who died days after being shot in the line of duty.

Texas Department of Public Safety State Trooper Chad Walker was shot multiple times March 26 while on a motorist assist call outside of Mexia, approximately 40 miles east of Waco. Walker died March 31 at Baylor Scott &…