Victor Luis Colon-Brunet
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Agent

Victor Luis Colon-Brunet

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch July 16, 1996
Age 32
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Badge 11612
Gender Male

Incident

Agent Victor Colon-Brunet was shot and killed while responding to a robbery call at a restaurant on De Diego Avenue in Puerto Nuevo, San Juan. He responded to the scene on his police motorcycle and encountered three armed subjects exiting the restaurant. The men opened fire on him, striking him multiple times. He was transported to Puerto Rico Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries. All three subjects were apprehended following a pursuit. The subjects were all charged with robbery and murder.

Survivors

Agent Colon-Brunet is survived by his wife, two daughters, parents, and siblings.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Colon-Brunet gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Colon-Brunet.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch July 16, 1996
Tour of Duty 13 yrs
Age 32
Badge Number 11612
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Victor is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1996, 79 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 86th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Victor was 32. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Victor had served 13 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Victor among them.

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Where

Agent Victor Luis Colon-Brunet

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch July 16, 1996

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