Police Officer Eloy Flores GONZALES
San Antonio Police Department, TX

Cause of Death: Gunfire
End of Watch: August 15, 1977
Date of Incident: August 15, 1977
Age: 27
Badge Number: 466
Tour of Duty: 5 years
Suspect Info: Mexican national charged with murder
Weapon Used: .38 caliber handgun

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At 2:30 a.m. on August 15, 1977, Officer Eloy Gonzales was patrolling the near West Side when he was flagged down near a lounge by two women who reported a struggle between a man and their friend, Elvira Navarro.  As Officer Gonzales approached the man and woman in an alley, the man fired a .38 caliber pistol striking the officer in the chest.  After Officer Gonzales fell, he was shot again in the leg.  Officer Gonzales had been wearing a protective vest, but had removed it because of the heat.  A Mexican national was charged with murder.
 
Officer Gonzales was survived by his wife and two daughters.