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Incident
Patrolman Yglesias was shot and killed with his own gun when he attempted to eject a rowdy customer from a bar. The patrolman was off-duty and in civilian clothes inside a bar at 202 West 14th Street. A man entered the bar and attempted to order a drink. Seeing that the man was highly intoxicated, the bartender refused to serve the man. When service was refused, the man became disorderly. Patrolman Yglesias approached the man and attempted to remove him from the bar. The man attacked Patrolman Yglesias, stole his gun, then shot and killed him. Patrolman Yglesias's brother and two other men wrestled the gun away from the suspect, who then fled out of the bar and across the street where he was apprehended by a police sergeant in a nearby store. The suspect was convicted of manslaughter and released from prison in 1981. Patrolman Yglesias was assigned to the Police Academy.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Probationary Patrolman Yglesias served with the New York City Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Probationary Patrolman Yglesias.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Probationary Patrolman Raul Yglesias 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 NY, 728 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.9% of this state's fallen. That is 33.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Police Department, 365 of 1237 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 29.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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How Raul Yglesias Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
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