Troy Merle Hogue

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol — Austin, TX

Felonious

End of Watch December 30, 1994

Age 39

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 94

Incident

Trooper Troy Hogue was shot and killed while conducting a single-vehicle accident investigation on I-20 approximately 10 miles east of Big Spring at about 9:00 pm. A juvenile male had been placed in a Howard County Sheriff's Office deputy's patrol car after being detained for driving while intoxicated. Trooper Hogue and another trooper arrived on the scene and were attempting to interview the boy when the subject pulled out a gun and shot Trooper Hogue. The trooper and deputy disarmed the subject. The subject was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. Trooper Hogue had served with the Texas Highway Patrol for seven years and had previously served with the Big Spring Police Department for 10 years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, and two sisters.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Hogue gave the Texas Department of Public Safety 17 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Hogue.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

Location Austin, TX

Platform Identity tdpsthp.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch December 30, 1994

Tour of Duty 17 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun; .45 caliber

Offender Cause: Gunfire

Trooper Troy Merle Hogue 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.

Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol

of 95 officers

36.8% Felonious

TX — Statewide

1,463

of 2,421 officers

60.4% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious