FELIX VALENZUELA

Officer Rank: Constable
Memorial Panel: 22-E: 11
Department: Brewster County, Texas, S.D.
End of Watch: June 19, 1938
Cause: SHOT
Age: 56
Years of Service: 9
Description: Attempting an arrest. Traffic stop. One very early Sunday morning Constable Valenzuela and Justice of the Peace R. L. Cartledge stopped a car they suspected was carrying contraband liquor. One of the occupants of the vehicle jumped out, grabbed Cartledge's pistol from his belt, and shot Valenzuela twice --- once through the right lung.
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