Roll of Honor
Incident
Narcotics Officer Gregory Urquiaga was accidentally shot and killed by another officer while searching for a suspect at 2300 hours. He and the other officers were conducting a raid on a heroin suspect in a condo complex, but the suspect was not there. The suspect's girlfriend was able to lure him back to the complex. When an empty elevator opened on the floor the officers began to scramble to find the suspect. As Officer Urquiaga proceeded through a stair well the other officer observed a body and pistol come around the corner quickly, and opened fire, fatally wounding Officer Urquiaga.
Survivors
Officer Urquiaga had been with the agency for three years and was survived by his wife.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Narcotics Officer Urquiaga gave the Galveston Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the Galveston community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Narcotics Officer Urquiaga.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Narcotics Officer Gregory Urquiaga, Jr. is one of 1 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In TX, 657 of 2,421 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 27.1% of this state's fallen. That is 27.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Galveston Police Department, 9 of 19 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 47.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Gregory Urquiaga, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Gregory Urquiaga, Jr. Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Gregory Urquiaga, Jr. is highlighted in Dec.
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