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Norberto Ortiz-Ocasio
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Agent

Norberto Ortiz-Ocasio

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
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End of Watch August 11, 1993
Age 26
The Vigil Panel 139 ›
Gender Male
Incident Service The Sacrifice Memorials 1 Keepsakes Department 363

Incident

Agent Norberto Ortiz-Ocasio was shot and killed in Cayey, Puerto Rico, during a traffic stop of a vehicle that had just been involved in a bank robbery in a neighboring town. He and his partner had stopped the vehicle on Highway 184 in the Guavate neighborhood. When the approached the vehicle a second time to question the driver further the man suddenly shot Agent Ortiz-Ocasio and his partner. All four suspects in the van fled but were eventually apprehended and subsequently convicted of murder and bank robbery. One was sentenced to 29 years in prison and the second was sentenced to life.

Survivors

Agent Ortiz-Ocasio is survived by his wife and three children.

In Our Keeping

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Ortiz-Ocasio served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Ortiz-Ocasio.

— 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 August 11, 1993
Age 26
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Norberto is one of 15,741 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.2% of the 27,543 remembered there.

33,910 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1993, 101 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 51st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Norberto was 26. Of the 14,215 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38.

Age at death
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Wednesdays: 12.9%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.2% of all 27,543 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Agent Norberto Ortiz-Ocasio

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch August 11, 1993

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 44-W

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