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Deputy Sheriff Serapio Andrade | Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, Texas
Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, Texas

Deputy Sheriff

Serapio Andrade

Val Verde County Sheriff's Office, Texas

End of Watch: Friday, November 30, 1906

Biographical Info

Age: 58
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details

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.