{"id":106370,"date":"2024-07-12T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T18:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/"},"modified":"2024-07-12T18:04:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-12T18:04:12","slug":"man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-12\/Deputy-Fernando-Esqueda-ht-thg-240711_1720707924410_hpMain_12x5.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda was shot and killed on July 10, 2024. &#8212; Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Department<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(HOUSTON) &#8212; The man accused of gunning down Deputy Fernando Esqueda in an ambush attack was arrested overnight and has been charged with capital murder, according to Harris County, Texas, authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect, Ronnie Palmer, was also accused of aggravated assault following an incident at a Little Caesars pizza shop.<\/p>\n<p>The incident began just after 10 p.m. Wednesday when Harris County deputies responded to an aggravated assault at the Little Caesars, Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Chief Deputy Mike Lee said at a news conference earlier Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What happened is senseless,&#8221; Lee said early Thursday. &#8220;The suspect came into the location to pick up a pizza that he had ordered.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was upset because the order was incorrect,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect allegedly verbally assaulted the employee, &#8220;then produced a firearm and pistol-whipped the employee and then fled the location,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The employee at Little Caesars was able to identify the getaway car by make and model, color and license plate,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Esqueda spotted the suspect&#8217;s car, Lee said. Esqueda then &#8220;had a phone conversation with one of the other detectives to let him know he did have the suspect vehicle in sight,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>While on the phone, &#8220;our deputy apparently was ambushed&#8221; and shot multiple times, Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Other detectives rushed Esqueda to a hospital where he died almost immediately after arriving, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Esqueda, 28, was a five-year veteran of the department, Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So much promise unfulfilled,&#8221; Gonzalez said.<\/p>\n<p>Esqueda was a &#8220;member of a very elite task force, the violent persons task force,&#8221; Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He went after the worst of the worst,&#8221; the sheriff added.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez previously announced that Palmer was wanted in the assault at Little Caesars and that he had been identified as a person of interest in the capital murder of Esqueda.<\/p>\n<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: Deputy Fernando Esqueda was on duty at the time of the shooting. A previous version of this story said he was off duty at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda was shot and killed on July 10, 2024. &#8212; Harris County Sheriff&#8217;s Department (HOUSTON) &#8212; The man accused of gunning down Deputy Fernando Esqueda in an ambush attack was arrested overnight and has been charged with capital murder, according to Harris County, Texas, authorities. The<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official - FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TALK, DONE RIGHT\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official - FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TALK, DONE RIGHT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsTalkLC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-12\/Deputy-Fernando-Esqueda-ht-thg-240711_1720707924410_hpMain_12x5.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ABC News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@newstalklc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@newstalklc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ABC News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ABC News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7\"},\"headline\":\"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"92.7 FM\",\"AM 1450\",\"CONVERVATIVE TALK\",\"DONE RIGHT\",\"KOBE\",\"Las Cruces\",\"LAS CRUCES CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO\",\"las cruces talk radio\",\"New Mexico\",\"NEWS TALK\",\"talk\",\"talk radio\"],\"articleSection\":[\"All News\",\"National News\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\",\"name\":\"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official - FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00\",\"description\":\"TALK, DONE RIGHT\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/\",\"name\":\"FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE\",\"description\":\"Talk Done Right\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#organization\",\"name\":\"News Talk 92.7 and AM 1450 KOBE\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/official-news-talk-square-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/official-news-talk-square-2.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":450,\"caption\":\"News Talk 92.7 and AM 1450 KOBE\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsTalkLC\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/newstalklc\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcv85Bxj9WRRnL0O3xii6IQ\/videos\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7\",\"name\":\"ABC News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ABC News\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/author\/abcnews\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official - FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE","description":"TALK, DONE RIGHT","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official - FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE","og_description":"TALK, DONE RIGHT","og_url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/","og_site_name":"FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsTalkLC","article_published_time":"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-07-12\/Deputy-Fernando-Esqueda-ht-thg-240711_1720707924410_hpMain_12x5.jpg"}],"author":"ABC News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@newstalklc","twitter_site":"@newstalklc","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ABC News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/"},"author":{"name":"ABC News","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7"},"headline":"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official","datePublished":"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/"},"wordCount":367,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#organization"},"keywords":["92.7 FM","AM 1450","CONVERVATIVE TALK","DONE RIGHT","KOBE","Las Cruces","LAS CRUCES CONSERVATIVE TALK RADIO","las cruces talk radio","New Mexico","NEWS TALK","talk","talk radio"],"articleSection":["All News","National News","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/","name":"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official - FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00","dateModified":"2024-07-12T18:04:12+00:00","description":"TALK, DONE RIGHT","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-charged-with-capital-murder-in-ambush-shooting-of-deputy-official\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Man charged with capital murder in ambush shooting of deputy: Official"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#website","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/","name":"FM News Talk 92.7 \/ 1450AM KOBE","description":"Talk Done Right","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#organization","name":"News Talk 92.7 and AM 1450 KOBE","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/official-news-talk-square-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/12\/official-news-talk-square-2.png","width":1024,"height":450,"caption":"News Talk 92.7 and AM 1450 KOBE"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NewsTalkLC","https:\/\/twitter.com\/newstalklc","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCcv85Bxj9WRRnL0O3xii6IQ\/videos"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/person\/bfa4e6a14d1fcf4a939c3260298ef5b7","name":"ABC News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3fba9c0649b69c3d5b53142437429a66?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ABC News"},"url":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/author\/abcnews\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106370"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}