Laredo Police Department, Texas
End of Watch: Saturday, June 9, 1962
Age: 45
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 3, 1962
Weapon Used: Rifle; .22 caliber
Suspect Info: Died in mental hospital
Officer Susano Castillo succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained six days earlier after responding to a shooting call. When he and his partner arrived they discovered an elderly man barricaded in his home. The suspect shot Officer Castillo with a .22 caliber rifle. The man, 72, was eventually arrested, charged with murder, and committed to a mental hospital.
In January of 1979 he died at the San Antonio State Mental Hospital.
Officer Castillo had been with the agency for 6 years and was survived by his wife and six children.