Bruno David Soboleski
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Sergeant

Bruno David Soboleski

Houston Police Department — Houston, TX
Felonious
End of Watch April 12, 1991
Age 33
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Badge SERGEANT
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Bruno Soboleski was shot twice in the chest and once in the abdomen during a narcotics investigation on April 7, 1991. Sergeant Soboleski died of those injuries on April 12, 1991. The suspect who murdered Sergeant Soboleski was sentenced to death. A second suspect was denied parole by the Texas Parole Board in 2000 and again in 2006. Sergeant Soboleski had served with the Houston Police Department for seven years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Soboleski gave the Houston Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Soboleski.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Houston, Harris County, TX
Platform Identity hpd.harris.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 12, 1991
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 33
Badge Number SERGEANT
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1991, 85 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 76th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Bruno was 33. 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. Bruno had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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 gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

Houston Police Department has 117 officers remembered here, Bruno among them.

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Where

Sergeant Bruno David Soboleski

Houston Police Department · End of Watch April 12, 1991

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 7-E

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