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Police Officer

Eloy Flores Gonzales

San Antonio Police Department — San Antonio, TX

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch August 15, 1977

Age 28

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

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Gender Male

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Incident

Officer Gonzales was shot and killed after being flagged down by two women who reported a struggle between a man and their friend. As Officer Gonzales approached the man and woman in an alley, the man opened fire with a .38 caliber handgun, striking Officer Gonzales. Officer Gonzales had been wearing a vest earlier during his shift but had removed it because of the heat. The suspect, 28, was arrested and charged with capital murder. Officer Gonzales, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who served in Vietnam, had been with the agency for four years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and stepdaughter.

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Tributes

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.
Police Officer Gonzales gave the San Antonio Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

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

Agency

Department San Antonio Police Department

Type Other

Location San Antonio, Bexar County, TX

Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch August 15, 1977

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Eloy Flores Gonzales served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1969â1970) before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Eloy 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.

Compare against

Time

In 1977, 128 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 36th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States

Who

Eloy was 28. 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. Eloy had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death

Where he stood among them

Age by years of service

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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month

By day of the week

How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause

Weapons recorded