On this somber day after Christmas, the Fort Worth Police Department remembered one of their own who was tragically lost on Christmas night many decades ago. As per the Fort Worth Police Department's social media post, they honored the late Marvin Elton Wills, an officer who died while working off-duty back in 1955 at the Western Hills Hotel.
The circumstances that night were violent, Officer Wills encountered trouble only a short distance from his off-duty post, having walked about 200 yards south towards a vacant lot where he became involved in an altercation it was during this conflict that Wills sustained serious injuries, having been bitten on both hands and arms and suffered two head wounds before ultimately being shot four times, the culprits behind the heinous crime were never apprehended. Wills was only 40 years old when his life abruptly ended, leaving a gap in the fabric of the Fort Worth police community a gap that time has yet to mend, according to the post commemorating the fallen officer.
The somber note of the post was encapsulated in the hashtags the department used, namely "#WeWillNeverForget," a promise to hold the memory of Wills and his sacrifice in their collective consciousness. Such public displays of remembrance serve a dual purpose—not only honoring the fallen but also reminding the community of the often perilous duties that officers like Wills undertake in their commitment to protect and serve, even while off the clock.
