Line of Duty Death: Deputy Constable Caleb Rule
Deputy Constable Caleb Rule
Fort Bend County Constable’s Office – Precinct 4, Texas
End of Watch Friday, May 29, 2020
BIO
Age Not available
Tour 15 years
Badge Not available
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Deputy Constable Caleb Rule was inadvertently shot and killed by a Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office deputy while responding to a suspicious person call in the 3900 block of Chestnut Bend in Sienna Plantation at 1:40 am.
A citizen had reported seeing a man running from a home in the area. Deputy Constable Rule responded to the scene along with three sheriff’s deputies and located a home with an open door. Deputy Constable Rule was clearing the home with the sheriff’s deputies when he was mistaken for a suspect inside of the home. Deputy Constable Rule was struck in the chest in an area not protected by his vest.
He was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds.
Deputy Constable Rule had served with the Fort Bend County Constable’s Office – Precinct 4 for nine months and had previously served with the Missouri City Police Department for 14 years. He is survived by his wife and five children.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Constable Trever J. Nehls
Fort Bend County Constable’s Office – Precinct 4
12919 Dairy Ashford Road
Suite 300
Sugar Land, TX 77478
Phone: (281) 242-4014
