Pablo Albidrez, Jr.

Laredo Police Department — Laredo, TX

Felonious Veteran →

End of Watch July 31, 1976

Age 28

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 7

Incident

Patrol Officer Pablo Albidrez was shot and killed as he approached a vehicle that narcotics officers had been watching driving away from the bank of the Rio Grande River. Following a short pursuit, around 1:00 a.m., Officer Albidrez parked his vehicle in front of the suspect’s vehicle, and another officer parked behind it on Matamoros Street and Davis Avenue. As Officer Albidrez approached the suspect’s vehicle, he was shot and killed. The other officer returned fire, wounding one of the suspects before arresting both men. The suspects, who were convicted felons on parole, were brothers ages 27 and 32. Their car had 300 pounds of marijuana and several illegal weapons in it. One was sentenced to life in prison, and the other was sentenced to death. The brother, who was sentenced to life in prison, died in 2021. As of 2024, the other killer is still on death row. Officer Albidrez was a United States Army Vietnam War veteran who earned the Medal of Valor and had served with the Laredo Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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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.
Patrol Officer Albidrez gave the Laredo Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Laredo 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 Laredo Police Department

Location Laredo, TX

Platform Identity lpd.webb.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 31, 1976

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Sentenced to death

Military Service

Pablo Albidrez, Jr. served in the Army (1966â1969) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrol Officer Pablo Albidrez, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In TX, 1,463 of 2,421 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 60.4% of this state's fallen. That is 6.2 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Laredo Police Department, 8 of 8 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this agency's fallen.

Laredo Police Department

of 8 officers

100% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious