Officer Down

Sergeant Anthony Wallace

Hoonah Police Department Alaska

End of Watch: Saturday, August 28, 2010

Age: 32

Tour of Duty: 4 years

Officer Matthew Tokuoka

End of Watch: Sunday, August 29, 2010

Age: 39
Tour of Duty: 1 year

Sergeant Anthony Wallace and Officer Matthew Tokuoka were ambushed and killed by a lone gunman.

Officer Tokuoka, who was off-duty, was in his car with his family when he stopped to talk to Sergeant Wallace who was standing outside his vehicle. Sergeant Wallace's mother was visiting him in Alaska and was accompanying him on a ride along at the time.


A man who the two officers had arrested on several occasions in the past walked up to the officers and opened fire. Sergeant Wallace was shot first and Officer Tokuoka went to render aid and was then shot.


Officer Tokuoka died early Sunday at a clinic in Hoonah and Sergeant Wallace died during surgery in Juneau.


The suspect fled to his house and barricaded himself inside while SWAT teams from the Alaska State Troopers and the Juneau Police Department responded to the scene. The suspect surrendered to officers after remaining barricaded for two days.


Sergeant Anthony Wallace, who was legally deaf, had served for the Hoonah Police Department for four years. He had previously served as a non-sworn public safety officer with the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He is survived by his mother.


Officer Tokuoka was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had worked for the Hoonah Police Department for 18 months. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.


Rest in Peace Gentlement…We’ll Continue The Watch



Day is done, gone the sun,


From the lake, from the hills,


From the sky.


All is well, safely rest,


God is nigh.