Prosecutors will forgo death penalty in Deputy Darren Almendarez killing
- Posted on August 11, 2025
- By Houston Chronicle
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Prosecutors will forgo death penalty in Deputy Darren Almendarez killing

A man accused in the 2022 death of an off-duty Harris County deputy — shot and killed while confronting a trio of catalytic converter thieves — will proceed to trial without the death penalty.