Andrew John Dominguez

Alamogordo Police Department — Alamogordo, NM

Cardiac

End of Watch January 4, 2011

Age 39

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 5

Incident

Police Officer Andy Dominguez suffered a fatal heart attack after responding to a call involving a suicidal subject.

He and another officer arrived on scene and searched the area for a woman who had reportedly shot herself in the head. It was later determined that the caller had taken previously taken medication with a known side of effect of extremely vivid dreams and hallucinations. Officer Dominguez suffered a fatal heart attack the following morning after becoming ill.

Officer Dominguez had served with the Alamogordo Police Department for nine years.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Dominguez gave the Alamogordo Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the Alamogordo community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Dominguez.

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

Agency

Department Alamogordo Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Alamogordo, Otero County, NM

Platform Identity apd.otero.nm.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 4, 2011

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 39

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Cause Detail Heart attack

Police Officer Andrew John Dominguez is one of 1 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.

In NM, 6 of 193 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.1% of this state's fallen. That is 3.1 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Alamogordo Police Department, 1 of 6 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 16.7% of this agency's fallen.

Alamogordo Police Department

of 6 officers

16.7% Cardiac

NM — Statewide

of 193 officers

3.1% Cardiac

Nationwide

of 97,756 officers

0% Cardiac