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| Trooper David Irvine Rucker
Texas Department of Public Safety - Texas Highway Patrol
Texas
End of Watch: Tuesday, September 29, 1981 Biographical Info
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 14 years
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, September 29, 1981
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1993 Trooper Rucker was shot and killed while making a traffic stop. Shortly after he was murdered, Patrolman Enrique Carrisalez stopped the same man, not knowing he had just shot and killed Trooper Rucker, and was shot and killed himself as he exited his patrol car. A doctor found the body of Trooper Rucker body laid out in the traffic lane, he was holding the identification of the man wanted in connection with both murders. Trooper Rucker had never radioed in the stop.
The suspect was eventually arrested and was executed in 1993. During a search of the suspect's home officers recovered the stolen duty weapon of Hidalgo County Constable Ricky Lewis, murdered in 1979. The suspect was never charged with Constable Lewis' murder, which remains unsolved.
Trooper Rucker had served with the agency for 14 years. He was survived by his wife and three children. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
