On April 24, 2024, Corpus Christi lost Police Officer Kyle Hicks to gunfire. He was 32 years old. Behind the uniform was a husband and a father of four children, a family whose future was changed forever when a public servant did not come home. Officer Hicks had served with the Corpus Christi Police Department for two years. That span may sound brief beside a lifetime, but service is not measured only… Read more
On July 11, 2024, a family, a law-enforcement community, and Harris County were left carrying a loss that cannot be repaired. Deputy Sheriff Fernando Esqueda was 28 years old when gunfire ended his life while he was doing the work he had chosen: investigating a vehicle connected to an aggravated assault. The facts are brief, but the grief they contain is not. Esqueda had served with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office for… Read more
A life ended in gunfire on November 26, 2024, and Greenville lost more than a uniformed officer. Cooper Steven Dawson was 28 years old—a young public servant whose future was still unfolding when it was violently taken away. His death leaves grief that cannot be reduced to a badge number, a line in a report, or the final date recorded beside his name. Dawson served with the Greenville Police Department as Police… Read more
A community should never have to learn a young officer’s name this way: through the permanence of an End of Watch, through the silence left where a living person should still be. Officer Jacob Candanoza of the Terrell Police Department was 28 years old when gunfire took his life on December 8, 2024. He had served only four months, but the shortness of that time does not make his sacrifice small. It… Read more
A life meant to keep unfolding was cut short on January 11, 2026. Officer Elijah Garretson of the Copperas Cove Police Department was 27 years old when gunfire took him from the people and community he had sworn to serve. His End of Watch is now a date carried by others: colleagues, loved ones, fellow veterans, and everyone who understands how much promise can exist inside a young public servant’s life. Garretson… Read more
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