Speaking first with ABC13, a family is calling for justice after authorities believe their loved one was killed by a since-fired Harris County Precinct 6 deputy constable allegedly driving the wrong way.
Ricardo “Ricky” Resendez Jr., 28, was driving home from work Saturday to his family’s Second Ward home. They had planned to celebrate the birthday of his father, Ricardo Resendez Sr., over dinner. He never made it.
At 1:30 p.m., Houston police say a man, identified by Harris County Precinct 6 as now terminated Deputy Constable Rigo Vivar, slammed into Resendez Jr.’s vehicle, killing him. Police say Vivar was driving the wrong way down the road. Precinct 6 said preliminary investigation shows he was on his way into work, in uniform.
“It causes a chain reaction,” Resendez Sr. said of his son’s loss.
The crash happened just a few hundred feet from the family’s home. Now, the house and their street all serve as immutable reminders of his absence.
“Just all of us sitting and being together, that was enough. It was always enough. And now his seat’s gonna be empty,” his sister Brenda Resendez said.