Sean Sebastian Rios served in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Sergeant Sean Rios was shot and killed in the 7700 block of North Freeway at about 1:30 pm while en route to start his shift at George Bush Intercontinental Airport.
He encountered two vehicles and an armed man on the roadway and became engaged in a shootout with the subject. Sergeant Rios was fatally wounded in the shootout. The subjects in both vehicles fled the scene. The man suspected of shooting Sergeant Rios was arrested the following day. The second subject was arrested the next day.
The subject accused of firing the fatal shot was found not guilty in 2022. He remains in jail for drug and aggravated assault charges from two previous and unrelated shootings.
Sergeant Rios was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Houston Police Department for 25 years, assigned to the Airport Division.
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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.
Sergeant Rios gave the Houston Police Department 25 years.
Thank you for your service to the Houston community. Thank you 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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