DETECTIVE PETE CORRALES
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AS A HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER
City Detective Pete Corrales was shot and killed on Wednesday, January 21, 1925. He lost his life in the performance of his duties as a Houston Police Officer. He was a four year veteran of the department and was forty-eight years old, having been born on April 8, 1876.
Detective Corrales was survived by his wife and seven children.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 24, 1925, 2:30pm at the Corrales home at #22 Chenevert. Religious services followed at 3:00pm at the Guadalupe Church, with the Reverend Father De Anta officiating. Burial took place under the direction of the Houston Undertaking Company at the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery on North Main Street.
Detective Corrales was shot and killed after rushing to the scene of an argument after hearing a gunshot. Detective Corrales was in a barber shop when he heard the shot in the restaurant next door. As he ran into the business he confronted the suspect. Both men fired at the same time, striking each other.
Detective Corrales succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/3476-detective-pete-corrales#ixzz2nMaGmowt
A detail account of this incident is recorded in "Fallen Heroes of the Bayou City".
Pete lived to be 48 years, 9 months and 13 days old.
Submitted by J.B. Haney, Nelson Zoch and Sue Gaines.
DETECTIVE PETE CORRALES
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AS A HOUSTON POLICE OFFICER
City Detective Pete Corrales was shot and killed on Wednesday, January 21, 1925. He lost his life in the performance of his duties as a Houston Police Officer. He was a four year veteran of the department and was forty-eight years old, having been born on April 8, 1876.
Detective Corrales was survived by his wife and seven children.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, January 24, 1925, 2:30pm at the Corrales home at #22 Chenevert. Religious services followed at 3:00pm at the Guadalupe Church, with the Reverend Father De Anta officiating. Burial took place under the direction of the Houston Undertaking Company at the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery on North Main Street.
Detective Corrales was shot and killed after rushing to the scene of an argument after hearing a gunshot. Detective Corrales was in a barber shop when he heard the shot in the restaurant next door. As he ran into the business he confronted the suspect. Both men fired at the same time, striking each other.
Detective Corrales succumbed to his injuries later in the day.
Read more: http://www.odmp.org/officer/3476-detective-pete-corrales#ixzz2nMaGmowt
A detail account of this incident is recorded in "Fallen Heroes of the Bayou City".
Pete lived to be 48 years, 9 months and 13 days old.
Submitted by J.B. Haney, Nelson Zoch and Sue Gaines.
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