Eloy Flores Gonzales, a 28-year-old Hispanic San Antonio Police Department officer and U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran, was shot and killed on August 15, 1977, in San Antonio, Texas. He had served with the department for four years. That day he was flagged down by two women who reported a struggle between a man and their friend. As Officer Gonzales approached the pair in an alley, the man opened fire with a .38 caliber handgun and struck him. Gonzales had removed his vest earlier in the shift because of the heat.

The suspect, also 28, was arrested and charged with capital murder. Officer Gonzales was survived by his wife and stepdaughter; the shooting deeply affected the department and the community. Does anyone have memories of Officer Gonzales, the neighborhood where this happened, or information about the case?