El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputy’s act of kindness draws praise online

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A simple act of kindness outside a Walmart is gaining attention online after an off-duty El Paso County Sheriff’s Office deputy was recorded helping a woman who said she didn’t have proper shoes.

Deputy Hugo Delgadillo was working an off-duty security job early Saturday morning when he says a woman approached him and told him, in Spanish, that she was experiencing homelessness and didn’t have money for a pair of shoes. Delgadillo says she was wearing thin socks and worn-out sandals on a cold morning.

He told her to give him an hour, and when he returned, he brought her new socks and a pair of shoes. Video of the encounter was eventually posted by FitFam on social media…

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