Miguel Angel Massas-Perez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127

Felonious

End of Watch November 5, 1993

Age 25

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 363

Incident

Agent Miguel Massas-Perez was shot and killed when he was ambushed at his home in the middle of a drug investigation. He had just arrived home in the Parcelas Las Calderonas neighborhood in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, when one of the passengers in the vehicle opened fire on him, killing him. It was believed that his identity as an undercover agent had been discovered, and he was murdered as a result.

Survivors

Agent Massas-Perez is survived by his wife and son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Massas-Perez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Massas-Perez.

— 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 November 5, 1993

Tour of Duty 2 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Agent Miguel Angel Massas-Perez 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 127, 294 of 388 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 75.8% of this state's fallen. That is 75.8 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Puerto Rico Police Department, 279 of 364 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.6% of this agency's fallen.

Puerto Rico Police Department

279

of 364 officers

76.6% Felonious

127 — Statewide

294

of 388 officers

75.8% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious