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Ryan Patrick Bonaminio

Riverside Police Department — Riverside, CA

Veteran → Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 7, 2010

Age 28

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

The Vigil Panel 159 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 14

Incident

Officer Ryan Bonaminio was shot and killed while involved in a foot pursuit in Fairmount Park at approximately 9:45 pm.

He had stopped the driver of a tractor trailer suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run accident a short time earlier. The driver fled from the vehicle into the park, with Officer Bonaminio in pursuit.

As Officer Bonaminio rounded a corner of a church he slipped and fell, at which point the suspect struck him on the head with a metal pipe and disarmed him. The suspect then shot Officer Bonaminio in the head twice despite the officer's pleas not to shoot. Officer Bonaminio was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds a short time later.

After shooting the officer, the suspect returned to the truck and drove it to the location from where it was stolen. The man was arrested two days later.

It was later discovered that the suspect had been arrested 13 times, received several prior convictions and was paroled in February 2009 for a previous crime. In May 2012, the suspect was convicted of first-degree murder in connection with Officer Bonaminio's murder and the jury subsequently recommended he receive the death penalty. On June 25, 2012, he was sentenced to death.

Officer Bonaminio had served as a military policeman in the U.S. Army for four years, serving two tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Survivors

He also served with the Riverside Police Department for four years and is survived by his parents, brother, and sister.

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Police Officer Bonaminio gave the Riverside Police Department 8 years.
Thank you for your service to the Riverside community. Thank you for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Riverside Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Riverside, Riverside County, CA

Platform Identity rpd.riverside.ca.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 7, 2010

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Cause Detail Gunfire

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Ryan Patrick Bonaminio served in the U.S. Army (2001â2002) before joining law enforcement.

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Police Officer Ryan Patrick Bonaminio 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 97,759 officers honored here.

In CA, 974 of 1,837 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 53% of this state's fallen. That is 53 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Riverside Police Department, 14 of 15 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 93.3% of this agency's fallen.

Riverside Police Department

of 15 officers

93.3% Felonious

CA — Statewide

974

of 1,837 officers

53% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,759 officers

0% Felonious