Trooper Troy Merle Hogue was 39 when he was shot and killed on December 30, 1994, while conducting an accident investigation on Interstate 20 in Howard County, Texas. He and another trooper had responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a juvenile male detained for driving while intoxicated. During an attempt to interview the juvenile, the suspect produced a handgun and shot Trooper Hogue at point-blank range.

Trooper Hogue had served with the Texas Highway Patrol for seven years and had previously spent 10 years with the Big Spring Police Department. He began his career with the Texas Department of Public Safety on January 19, 1988, and was stationed in Big Spring. The suspect was identified as 17-year-old Levy Lee Edmondson Jr. from Big Spring and was disarmed at the scene by the troopers and a sheriff’s deputy. The Texas Rangers investigated the killing.

Trooper Hogue is survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, and two sisters. Did anyone in the community have contact with Trooper Hogue or information about the crash scene that night?