Caleb Daniel Rule
Incident
Deputy Constable Caleb Rule was inadvertently shot and killed by a Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office deputy while responding to a suspicious person call in the 3900 block of Chestnut Bend in Sienna Plantation at 1:40 am.
A citizen had reported seeing a man running from a home in the area. Deputy Constable Rule responded to the scene along with three sheriff's deputies and located a home with an open door. Deputy Constable Rule was clearing the home with the sheriff's deputies when he was mistaken for a suspect inside the home. Deputy Constable Rule was struck in the chest in an area not protected by his vest.
He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
Deputy Constable Rule had served with the Fort Bend County Constable's Office - Precinct 4 for nine months and had previously served with the Missouri City Police Department for 14 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and four children.
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- April 2, 2026
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Constable Rule gave the Fort Bend County Constable's Office 15 years.
Thank you for your service to the Sugar Land community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Constable Rule.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Constable Caleb Daniel Rule is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In TX, 653 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27% of this state's fallen. That is 4 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
National Cause Distribution
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When Accident Deaths Occur
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