Randolph Michael Eng, known as Randy, was a 38-year-old Harris County deputy shot and killed on December 21, 1996, while working a secondary assignment at a wedding reception at the Imperial Palace Restaurant on Bellaire Boulevard in Houston. Eng and his partner, Deputy Murray Campbell, went to intervene in a disturbance involving a Vietnamese refugee; the refugee’s brother, Chau Truong, became angry and went into the men’s room. Eng followed to address the situation and, while he was talking to Chau Truong, five gunshots were fired through the restroom door. Eng was struck in the head and leg and died at Ben Taub Hospital; Campbell was wounded in the left arm and survived.

The suspect, Man Nhu Truong, fled the scene with his brother Hoang Truong and surrendered days later in Cameron, Missouri. Man Nhu Truong was found guilty of capital murder and received a life sentence. Eng was a nine-year department veteran and was described as well-known and respected in the Sheriff’s Office and Houston’s Asian community.