Eloy Flores Gonzales

San Antonio Police Department — San Antonio, TX

Felonious Veteran →

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 Marine Corps (1969â1970) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Eloy Flores Gonzales is one of 17,558 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 53.9% of all 32,585 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,460 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.3% of this state's fallen. That is 6.4 percentage points above the national rate of 53.9%.

At San Antonio Police Department, 40 of 64 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 62.5% of this agency's fallen.

San Antonio Police Department

of 64 officers

62.5% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,460

of 2,421 officers

60.3% Felonious

Nationwide

17,558

of 32,585 officers

53.9% Felonious