Roll of Honor
Incident
Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena and Agent Luis Marrero-Díaz, of the Puerto Rico Police Department, were murdered while attempting to arrest a man who had just murdered Agent Luis Salamán-Conde, of the Carolina Municipal Police Department.
Agent Salamán-Conde had responded to a vehicle crash on Avenida Roberto Clemente. One of the drivers involved in the crash opened fire on him with an AK-47 rifle, killing him. The man then carjacked another vehicle and fled onto the Baldorioty de Castro Expressway. Officers from the Carolina Municipal Police Department and Puerto Rico Police Department pursued the vehicle along the expressway until it stopped near the Luis Munoz Marin International Airport.
The subject opened fire again, fatally wounding Agent Luis Marrero-Díaz. As he attempted to flee in the car a second time he fatally struck Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena. He was able to flee into a nearby residential area where he remained at large. He was found fatally shot on Jan. 12 with a cardboard sign on his chest declaring him responsible for the officers' deaths.
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23 years. You could have gone home.
Agent Hernández-Cartagena gave the Carolina Municipal Police Department 23 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Carolina community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Hernández-Cartagena.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Service Record
Incident Details
Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In 031, 4 of 7 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this state's fallen. That is 57.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Carolina Police Department, 4 of 7 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.1% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena's cause is highlighted.
How Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena is highlighted in Jan.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths.
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