End of Watch July 7, 1998
Age 24
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Badge 7097
The Vigil Panel 145 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Border Patrol Agent Susan Rodriguez and Border Patrol Agent Ricardo Salinas were shot and killed after a vehicle pursuit in Cameron County, Texas. She and two other Border Patrol agents were assisting a local agency in trying to stop suspects who had just committed another murder. A Cameron County sheriff's deputy was also critically wounded during the shootout. The three agents were re-entering their cruisers when the suspect came out of a cornfield and ambushed them in the area of Gamble Road and E Hudson Road. None of the agents had time to return fire. The suspect was then taken into custody after a gunfight with several other officers at the scene and died later in the day from his wounds. Agent Rodriguez had served with the United States Border Patrol for six years and was assigned to the Harlington Station of the McAllen Sector.

Survivors

She is survived by a child.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Rodriguez gave the United States Department of Justice 6 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Rodriguez.

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

Agency

Type Federal Agency
Location Washington, DC
Platform Identity usdjinsusbpfed.fed.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 7, 1998
Tour of Duty 6 yrs
Age 24
Badge Number 7097
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Susan is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1998, 78 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 89th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Susan was 24. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Susan had served 6 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol has 68 officers remembered here, Susan among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Susan Lynn Rodriguez

United States Department of Justice - Immigration and Naturalization Service - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch July 7, 1998

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 43-W

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