End of Watch May 24, 2017
Age 30
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Gender Male

Incident

Location: Texas Incident Date: Saturday, May 20, 2017 Weapon: Edged weapon; Knife Offender: Acquitted

Border Patrol Agent Isaac Morales succumbed to wounds sustained four days earlier when he was stabbed in an unprovoked attack in El Paso, Texas, while off duty.

Agent Morales and several friends were walking to their cars in the 12000 block of Tierre Este when they were confronted by the subject. Agent Morales identified himself as a United States Border Patrol agent in an attempt to diffuse the situation. The man then attacked him with a knife and stabbed him in the eye.

Despite the wound, Agent Morales chased the subject with several witnesses. The man was subdued by citizens and taken into custody by responding officers.

Agent Morales was transported to a local hospital, where he remained in critical condition until passing away on May 24th, 2017.

The suspect was tried for murder. The first trial ended in a mistrial, and the second trial resulted in acquittal.

Agent Morales had served with the United States Border Patrol for eight years and was assigned to the Ysleta Border Patrol Station.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Border Patrol Agent Morales gave the United States Department of Homeland Security 8 years.
Thank you for your service. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Border Patrol Agent Morales.

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

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

Service Record

End of Watch May 24, 2017
Tour of Duty 8 yrs
Age 30
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Stabbed
Weapon Edged weapon; Knife

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Isaac is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2017, 59 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 129th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Isaac was 30. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Isaac had served 8 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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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 edged weapon; knife, in 0.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol has 63 officers remembered here, Isaac among them.

Across the years
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Where

Border Patrol Agent Isaac Morales

United States Department of Homeland Security - Customs and Border Protection - United States Border Patrol · End of Watch May 24, 2017

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-E

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