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Captain

Schuyler C. Houston

El Paso Police Department — El Paso, TX

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 4, 1927

Age 46

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

The Vigil Panel 54 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 33

Incident

Sergeant Houston succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained 6 years earlier when he, Captain Harry Phoenix, and another officer questioned two suspicious men on Piedras Street near Alameda Avenue at 11:20 am.

When the officers attempted to arrest the men, a gun battle ensued. Captain Phoenix was shot in the head and killed instantly.

Sergeant Houston also sustained serious gunshot wounds in the shootout. Despite serious wounds and frequent trips to the hospital, Sergeant Houston remained with the police department and was promoted to Captain. He eventually succumbed to the wounds on October 4, 1927.

The two suspects fled to Mexico and were never apprehended.

Captain Houston was a United States Army veteran who had served with the El Paso Police Department for 10 years and previously served with the Lawton Police Department in Oklahoma.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, daughter, son, and mother.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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.
Captain Houston gave the El Paso Police Department 18 years.
Thank you for your service to the El Paso 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

Department El Paso Police Department

Type Other

Location El Paso, El Paso County, TX

Platform Identity eppd.elpaso.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch October 4, 1927

Tour of Duty 18 yrs

Age 46

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Schuyler C. Houston served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Captain Schuyler C. Houston is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,759 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 60.3 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At El Paso Police Department, 23 of 34 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 67.6% of this agency's fallen.

El Paso Police Department

of 34 officers

67.6% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,460

of 2,421 officers

60.3% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious