Gerardo Gonzalez

CUSTODIAL DEATH REPORT Agency Information CDR Number: 25-834-UF Version Type: AMENDED 10/16/2025 8:57 Report Date: Status: Submitted AM Agency/Facility Information Baytown Police Agency Name: Agency Address: 3200 North Main St Dept. Agency City: Baytown Agency State: TX Agency Zip: 77521 Director Information Director Salutation: Chief Director First Name: John Director Middle Name: Director Last Name: Stringer Reporter Name: William Nelson Reporter Email: [email protected] Decedent Information Custodial Death Report :: Page 1 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Identity of Deceased First Name: Gerardo Middle Name: Last Name: Gonzalez Suffix: Date of Birth: 10/27/1978 Sex: Male Race: Hispanic or Latino Age At Time Of Death: 46 Date/Time of Custody (arrest, incarceration) (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Date/Time of Custody or 10/12/2025 8:25 Incident: PM Date/Time of Death (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): 10/14/2025 2:43 Death Date and Time: PM Manner / Cause of Death Has a medical examiner or coroner conducted an evaluation to determine a cause of death? Medical Examiner/Coroner Yes, results are Evaluation?: available What was the manner of death? (select only one) Manner of Death: Suicide Custodial Death Report :: Page 2 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Medical Cause of Death: Medical Cause of Death: Self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Had the decedent been receiving treatment for the medical condition that caused the death after admission to your jail's jurisdiction? Medical Treatment: Not Applicable If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, who caused the death? Who caused the death?: Decedent If a weapon caused the death, what type of weapon caused the death? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply) Type of weapon that caused Handgun death?: Was the cause of death the result of a pre-existing medical condition or did the decedent develop the condition after admission? Not Applicable; cause of death was Pre existing medical accidental injury, condition?: intoxication, suicide or homicide If death was an accident, homicide or suicide, what was the means of death? Means of Death: Firearm Location / Custody Information Custodial Death Report :: Page 3 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Where did the event causing the death occur? Street Address: 7010 N SH 146 City: Baytown County: Chambers Zip: 77521 What location category best describes where the event causing the death occurred? Location Category: Business What type of custody/facility was the Decedent in at the time of death: Pre-Custodial Use Type of Custody: of Force Specific type of custody/facility: Specific Type of Custody/Facility: Custody of Law Enforcement Personnel during/fleeing arrest What was the time and date of the deceased's entry into the law enforcement facility where the death occurred (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM): Entry Date Time: Entry Date Time N/A: Where did the death occur? Death Location: Medical facility General Information Did any other law enforcement agencies respond to calls for service related to this incident? Custodial Death Report :: Page 4 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- Other Agencies Respond?: No What were the most serious offense(s) with which the deceased was (or would have been) charged with at the time of death? Offense 1: Aggravated Assault Offense 2: Offense 3: Not filed at time of Were the Charges:: death What were the types of charges or reason for contact? (Hold CTRL to select all that apply) Violent Crime Type of Offense: Against Persons At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent display or use a weapon? Decedent display/use of Yes, mark all that weapons: apply Decedent Display or Use Discharged firearm Weapon Details: At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Attempt to Injure Others?: No At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Appear intoxicated (alcohol or Unknown Make suicidal statements?: No drugs): Exhibit any mental health Unknown Exhibit any medical problems?: Unknown problems?: Custodial Death Report :: Page 5 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- At any time during the incident and/or entry into the law enforcement facility, did the decedent: Barricade self or initiate Resist being handcuffed or Yes N/A standoff?: arrested?: Physically attempt/assault Gain possession of officer's No N/A officer(s): weapon: Verbally threaten other(s) Escape or attempt to No Yes including law: escape/flee custody: Attempt gain possession N/A officer's weapon: Was the deceased under restraint in the time leading up to the death or the events causing the death? Under Restraint: No Summary of Incident Summary of How the Death Occurred: (max. 30,000 characters) Summary: SUPPLEMENT BY OFFICER CALVERT # 112 WHILE ON PATROL AS A K9 UNIT, ON 10/12/25 AT APPROX 2025, I ALONG WITH OTHER OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A FAMILY DISTURBANCE WITH A WEAPON LOCATED AT 9915 BAYOU WOODS DR. BAYTOWN, TX 77523, IN THE PINEHURST SUBDIVISION. THE CALLER, (LATER IDENTIFIED AS JESSICA DUNAGAN W/F, 4/3/97), ADVISED HER HUSBAND, (LATER IDENTIFIED AS GERARDO GONZALEZ W/M 10/27/78), WAS THREATENING HER WITH A GUN. DUNAGAN ADVISED THEIR KIDS WERE ALSO IN THE RESIDENCE. WHILE IN ROUTE, DUNAGAN ADVISED SHE WAS ABLE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE WITH HER CHILDREN BUT THAT GONZALEZ WAS FOLLOWING HER. SGT BROWN # S144 DIRECTED DISPATCH TO TELL DUNAGAN TO GO TO THE GAS STATION AT HWY 146 AND PINEHURST, WHERE THEY WOULD WAIT FOR HER. CPL WAY # 74 CONTACTED DUNAGAN AT THE GAS STATION AND FOUND THAT GONZALEZ HAD TURNED OFF AND WAS NO LONGER FOLLOWING HER. DUNAGAN ADVISED GONZALEZ HAD MADE THREATS TOWARDS KILLING HER, OFFICERS, AND THEN HIMSELF. WITH GONZALEZ NO LONGER FOLLOWING HER, I BEGAN CHECKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE SUSPECT VEHICLE (2016 WHITE VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN BEARING TXLP: WFZ0625). WITH THE VEHICLE NOT AT THE RESIDENCE, I BEGAN CHECKING FLOCK FOR THE VEHICLE AND OBSERVED THE VEHICLE LAST HIT COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 1 HOUR PRIOR THIS CALL BEING DISPATCHED, WITH NO INFORMATION OF THE VEHICLE LEAVING. CPL WAY THEN ADVISED HE WAS FOLLOWING THE VICTIM BACK TO THE RESIDENCE WHERE I REMAINED IN CASE GONZALEZ SHOWED BACK UP. OFFICER SUAZO # 168 LATER ARRIVED TO THE RESIDENCE TO RELIEVE ME SO THAT I WAS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN LOCATING GONZALEZ. Custodial Death Report :: Page 6 of 7 --- PAGE BREAK --- ONCE I WAS RELIEVED, SGT BROWN RECEIVED NOTICE FROM THE FLOCK SYSTEM THAT GONZALEZ'S VEHICLE WAS HEADED BACK NORTH ON HWY 146 TOWARDS THE RESIDENCE. SGT. BROWN, OFFICER TANKSLEY, AND I WERE IN THE AREA OF HWY 146 AND PINEHURST TO SEE IF GONZALEZ WAS ATTEMPTING TO GO BACK TO THE RESIDENCE. WHILE WAITING, SGT. BROWN OBSERVED A VEHICLE MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF GONZALEZ'S BACKED IN NEXT TO A DUMPSTER IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT OF THE EXXON GAS STATION LOCATED AT 7010 HWY 146. SGT. BROWN PULLED INTO THE SOUTH ENTRANCE OF THE GAS STATION TO ATTEMPT TO CONTACT THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE THEN TOOK OFF NORTH THROUGH THE PARKING LOT AS I WAS ENTERING THE NORTH ENTRANCE OF THE GAS STATION. AS I ENTERED THE PARKING LOT I ACTIVATED MY EMERGENCY LIGHTS AND CAME TO A STOP, BUT GONZALEZ RAN HIS VEHICLE HEAD-ON INTO MY PATROL VEHICLE. AS I WAS EXITING MY VEHICLE, I BEGAN GIVING COMMANDS TO THE GONZALEZ WHILE HAVING HIM AT GUNPOINT. GONZALEZ PULLED A PISTOL AND SHOT HIMSELF ONCE IN THE HEAD. I THEN ADVISED DISPATCH "SHOT FIRED, HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD" AFTER THE SHOT GONZALEZ WAS STILL MOVING AND BEGAN PUSHING THE ACCELERATOR CAUSING THE TIRES TO SPIN AND SMOKE BUILDING UP WHILE STARTING TO MOVE MY PATROL VEHICLE. I THEN APPLIED THE BREAK AND ADVISED OFFICERS I COULD PROVIDE COVER WHILE THEY MOVED UP TO SECURE THE VEHICLE. SGT. BROWN, OFFICER TANKSLEY AND OFFICER SUAZO APPROACHED THE VEHICLE FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE. THEY WERE THEN ABLE TO RECOVER GONZALEZ'S GUN, PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND REMOVE HIM FROM THE VEHICLE AND EMS WAS CALLED TO THE SCENE. I ADVISED OFFICERS TO PLACE GONZALEZ IN THE RECOVERY POSITION DUE TO THE HEAD TRAUMA AND BEGAN GETTING THE SCENE SECURE. EMS ARRIVED AND GONZALEZ WAS FLOWN TO HERMAN HOSPITAL. DETECTIVES WERE CALLED OUT AND PROCESSED THE SCENE. I LATER UPLOADED MY IN-CAR AND BODY CAM VIDEO AS EVIDENCE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION... END OF SUPPLEMENT...112 Custodial Death Report :: Page 7 of 7