David Huerta served in the U.S. Army for 1 year and 10 months. David served during the years of the Vietnam War and the Cold War.
Police Officer David Huerta was shot and killed while arresting a man for violating a restraining order at 918 Heights Boulevard in Houston. Officer Huerta was flagged down by a woman who informed him her husband was at her apartment in violation of the order. When Officer Huerta told the man he had to escort him out of the apartment, the man asked to retrieve some belongings from a room. Officer Huerta allowed him to do so and used the phone to call headquarters. The man emerged from the room with a 12-gauge shotgun and killed his wife and Officer Huerta. The suspect then committed suicide after barricading himself in the apartment. Officer Huerta was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and had served with the Houston Police Department for less than five years.
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In tribute
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 Huerta gave the Houston Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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