Mario Moreno
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Detective

Mario Moreno

San Antonio Police Department — San Antonio, TX
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch September 21, 2007
Age 37
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Badge 2459
Gender Male

Incident

Detective Mario Moreno was shot and killed while attempting to serve an arrest warrant on a suspect who had shot his girlfriend the previous day.

The detective, along with other officers assigned to the Repeat Offender Program, went to an apartment complex at the 7200 block of Lamb Road where the suspect was hiding. With the assistance of the shooting victim, the suspect was lured out into the parking lot. When the suspect spotted the officers, he fled on foot, with Detective Moreno in close pursuit. During the chase, the suspect drew a shotgun and opened fire, striking Detective Moreno in the face. Other officers returned fire, killing the suspect.

He was transported to University Hospital but died from his wounds a short time later.

Detective Moreno was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the San Antonio Police Department for 11 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two young children.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Detective Moreno gave the San Antonio Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Other
Location San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 21, 2007
Tour of Duty 11 yrs
Age 37
Badge Number 2459
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Shotgun

Military Service

Mario Moreno served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1989–1994) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Mario is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2007, 84 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 77th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Mario was 37. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Mario had served 11 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was shotgun, in 7% of these deaths.

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His people

San Antonio Police Department has 64 officers remembered here, Mario among them.

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Where

Detective Mario Moreno

San Antonio Police Department · End of Watch September 21, 2007

Military Service

Mario Moreno served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1989–1994) before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 40-W

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