Roll of Honor
Elias Montalvo-Rodriguez
Incident
Transportation Officer Elias Montalvo-Rodriguez and Juvenile Detention Officer Jose Lopez-Reyes were shot and killed during an escape attempt while transporting two juveniles to the Humacao Juvenile Detention Center following a court hearing.
The transport van was traveling on PR-185 near the Campo Rico neighborhood in Canovanas when two vehicles blocked its path. The occupants of the vehicle opened fire on the van, killing both officers. One of the juveniles in the van escaped but the one the suspects were attempting to free did not as a result of several citizens stopping and frustrating the plans.
The juvenile had been arrested the previous day for a bank robbery. Detectives had obtained intelligence that they the boy's cousin and fellow gang members were going to attempt to free him but additional resources were refused during the transport. The juvenile who escaped was recaptured a short time later.
Juvenile detention officers were not issued firearms during the time period this incident occurred.
Officer Montalvo-Rodriguez had served with the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for 20 years and was assigned to the Humacao Juvenile Detention Center.
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20 years. You could have gone home.
Transport Officer Montalvo-Rodriguez gave the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the people of Puerto Rico. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Transport Officer Montalvo-Rodriguez.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Transport Officer Elias Montalvo-Rodriguez 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 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 21.6 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
At Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, 9 of 11 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 81.8% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Elias Montalvo-Rodriguez's cause is highlighted.
How Elias Montalvo-Rodriguez Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
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Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Elias Montalvo-Rodriguez was killed by gun; unknown type.
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