Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, Texas
End of Watch: Friday, November 30, 1906
Age: 58
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: November 30, 1906
Weapon Used: Handgun
Suspect Info: Not available
Deputy Sheriff Serapio Andrade was shot and killed while transporting several men to jail after having arrested them for creating a disturbance in Del Rio.
The men had been drinking and started firing the revolvers in town. Deputy Andrade placed them under arrest and started transporting them to jail in a hack when the men shot him.
One of the subjects was subdued by a citizen at the scene. The other four were arrested by a posse while hiding on railroad property a short time later.
Deputy Andrade was survived by his wife and seven children.