Robert Perez, Jr.

Ohio State Highway Patrol — Columbus, OH

Felonious

End of Watch May 15, 2000

Age 24

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 41

Incident

Trooper Robert Perez died three days after his cruiser was struck from behind while he was writing a traffic citation on the Ohio Turnpike near Milan, Ohio, at 2:15 a.m.

Trooper Perez and the vehicle he had stopped were in an emergency pull-off when a minivan struck his cruiser, pushing it into the original stopped vehicle. Trooper Perez was transported to Cleveland Metro Hospital, where he died.

The suspect who struck his cruiser attempted to flag down passing motorists before he sat down on the highway and was struck and killed by another vehicle. It was determined months later that the driver was high on amphetamines.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Trooper Perez gave the Ohio State Highway Patrol 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the people of Ohio. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Trooper Perez.

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

Agency

Department Ohio State Highway Patrol

Location Columbus, OH

Platform Identity oshp.oh.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 15, 2000

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 24

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Trooper Robert Perez, Jr. is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In OH, 572 of 991 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 57.7% of this state's fallen. That is 3.5 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

At Ohio State Highway Patrol, 8 of 42 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 19% of this agency's fallen.

Ohio State Highway Patrol

of 42 officers

19% Felonious

OH — Statewide

572

of 991 officers

57.7% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious