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Luz M. Soto-Segarra
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Lieutenant

Luz M. Soto-Segarra

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
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End of Watch December 28, 2015
Age 49
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
The Vigil Panel 165 ›
Gender Female
Incident Media Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Department 363

Incident

Lieutenant Luz Soto, Commander Frank Román, and Agent Rosario Hernández de Hoyos were shot inside the Puerto Rico Police Department's Ponce regional headquarters, near the intersection of PR-1 and PR-52, by a disgruntled police officer.

The subject had entered the headquarters building with two guns and a knife. He proceeded to the sixth floor, where he took all three officers hostage. He told Lieutenant Soto to call the press officer, but the call did not go through. The subject then opened fire on the officers, fatally wounding them, before exchanging shots with another officer.

The subject was taken into custody and was transported to a local hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. He was sentenced to serve 203 years and six months.

Lieutenant Soto had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 23 years.

Survivors

She is survived by her two sons and her husband, who also serves with the Puerto Rico Police Department.

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23 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant Soto-Segarra gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant Soto-Segarra.

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

Agency

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

Service Record

End of Watch December 28, 2015
Tour of Duty 23 yrs
Age 49
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Luz is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2015, 60 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 126th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Luz was 49. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Luz had served 23 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

December holds 9.4% of these deaths in the United States, more than any other month. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

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

Across the years
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Where

Lieutenant Luz M. Soto-Segarra

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch December 28, 2015

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-E

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