Roll of Honor
Incident
Narcotics Agent Patrick Randel was shot and killed during an undercover drug buy. He was attempting to purchase amphetamine pills when other officers lost contact with him. The other officers stopped the two suspects and then found Agent Randel shot to death in the front seat of his unmarked vehicle at a car park on Interstate 37 and Lloyd Bentsen Highway. One of the suspects was executed in 1985, and the second suspect had his sentence commuted to life. Agent Randel was a United States Navy veteran and had served with the Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol for 12 years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and three children.
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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.
Narcotics Agent Randel gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 12 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Patrick Allen Randel served in the Other before joining law enforcement.
Narcotics Agent Patrick Allen Randel 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 Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol, 35 of 95 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 36.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Patrick Allen Randel's cause is highlighted.
How Patrick Allen Randel Compares
Offender Outcome
One executed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Patrick Allen Randel is highlighted in Oct.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Patrick Allen Randel was killed by gun; unknown type.
Incident Location
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