William Bula-Reyes

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127

Felonious

End of Watch November 29, 1998

Age 32

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

The Vigil Panel 145 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 363

Incident

Sergeant William Bula-Reyes was shot and killed while at the guard post he was assigned to at a public housing project. Sergeant Bula-Reyes was alone on the graveyard shift, at the public housing project Sicardo Lopez in Rio Piedras, sitting in the security booth when a person approached without a word and shot him, killing him instantly. When another officer came to relieve him the next morning, they found him dead in the booth. It was suggested that the lack of ventilation inside the security booth containing armor, forced the officer to leave the door open. The subject who shot him was arrested and convicted of his murder. Sergeant Bula-Reyes worked with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 11 years and was assigned to Precinct 162, Rio Piedras.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Bula-Reyes gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 11 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Bula-Reyes.

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

Agency

Department Puerto Rico Police Department

Location San Juan, 127

Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch November 29, 1998

Tour of Duty 11 yrs

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Offender Not available

Sergeant William Bula-Reyes 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 Police Department, 279 of 364 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 76.6% of this agency's fallen.

Puerto Rico Police Department

279

of 364 officers

76.6% Felonious

127 — Statewide

294

of 388 officers

75.8% Felonious

Nationwide

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious