Code Enforcement Officer Killed

2016 - Michael "Pee Wee" Walker, a city of Commerce code enforcement officer, was murdered on June 13, 2005 while on assignment to enforce the health and safety code violations at 1509 Caddo Street.

March 30, 2016 - The Caddo St. house looms at the center of a deadly encounter between Michael Walker and Adam Ward, the son of homeowner Ralph Ward.

"The house is non-compliant, it's about to fall down; it's looked that way for years," Dick said. "It's propped up on the corners by these poles.  The driveway was full of junk."

While Michael was taking pictures of violations at the property, Adam Ward emerged from the house and confronted the officer in a clash that turned fatal.

"When I wasn't able to save him that morning, it tore me up," Dick said. "After reading the autopsy report, nobody could have saved him because of nine shells and the damage internally."

Dick worked part-time as a paramedic in 2005. He couldn't have imagined the emergency call he'd respond to was for his own child.

"I was able to stroke his hair and his head and tell him goodbye," Dick recalled.

Adam Ward was arrested and convicted in Michael's shooting death. In 2007, he was placed on death row after several trials and appeals. Last Tuesday, Ward was executed by lethal injection.

Reference: https://www.kltv.com/story/31605373/kltv-7-investigates-the-house-on-caddo-street/