Yesenia Nieves-Ruiz
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Yesenia Nieves-Ruiz

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch August 31, 2002
Age 29
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Gender Female

Incident

Agent Yesenia Nieves-Ruiz was shot and killed when a group of men attempted to rob her and her uncle after they left an ATM and arrived at their house in the Bella Vista neighborhood of Bayamon.

She had just left work and was still in uniform when the incident took place. Agent Nieves-Ruiz was shot when she attempted to stop the robbery.

Agent Nieves-Ruiz had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for four years and was assigned to the Robbery Division of the Bayamon CIC. She is survived by her parents. Her father was a retired officer with the agency.

Survivors

She is survived by her parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Nieves-Ruiz gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Nieves-Ruiz.

— 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 August 31, 2002
Tour of Duty 4 yrs
Age 29
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Yesenia 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 2002, 73 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 96th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Yesenia was 29. 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. Yesenia had served 4 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Saturdays: 16.3%.

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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; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

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

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Where

Agent Yesenia Nieves-Ruiz

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch August 31, 2002

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