Deputy Joshua B. Rodriguez died as result a gunshot on February 1, 1973. Rodriguez was riding with Deputy Vincent "Jerry" Walker when they stopped a van, 1/4 of a mile, south of Huebner Rd., on Bandera Rd. for a license plate violation. Ten minutes later, a citizen notified the dispatcher that the 2 deputies had been shot. Rodriguez, a Reserve Deputy was found laying beside the passenger's door of the patrol vehicle. He was shot in the head and died at the scene. Later that morning, Sheriffs Deputies and San Antonio Police arrested Roger Hester, 27 and Randall Louis Neyman, 20 for the Murders. They were later convicted for Capital Murder and both received a life sentence. Hester was paroled after serving only 25 years. Joshua Rodriguez, 28, was a volunteer deputy on the 4pm to 12 midnight shift and rode with patrol deputies every other Thursdays. 

Joshua Rodriguez was the first Bexar County Sheriffs Reserve Deputy to be killed in the Line of Duty and had been in the Sheriffs Reserves for two years. He was employed as a supply officer at East Kelly AFB and wanted to become a full time law enforcement officer. Rodriguez was a 1963 graduate of Harlandale High School in San Antonio. Survivors included his wife, Mrs. Bertha Rodriguez; sons, Joshua B. Rodriguez III and John A. Rodriguez; father Joshua Rodriguez Sr.; sisters, Mrs. Joe Rodriguez, Mrs. J. Gonzales, Mrs. J. Menchaca, Juliet and Jennifer Rodriguez; and brothers, Johnny J, Joel Robert and Jason Rodriguez. Interment was at Mission Burial Park.