Pedro Sanchez-Lopez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127

Felonious

End of Watch September 6, 1990

Age 27

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Badge 12708

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 363

Incident

Agent Pedro Sanchez-Lopez and Agent Jose Bernabe-Gonzalez were fatally shot on by two suspects who had just stolen a car. His partner also died in the confrontation. At about 10:40 pm both officers were patrolling the Camino Alejandrino in Caimito when they noticed two people stealing a vehicle in a parking lot. When the officers announced themselves, both suspects fled with the stolen vehicle, beginning a chase until they reached the public housing complex Villa Esperanza. Once in the parking lot of the public housing complex, one of the men opened fire on the patrol car from approximately 50 yards away. Agent Bernabe-Gonzalez died while attending to Agent Sanchez-Lopez who was seriously wounded when he had been shot while he was out of the car. Both officers died in the scene. The subject who shot them fled to the United States Virgin Islands where he shot and killed Police Officer Dexter Mardenborough on January 27th, 1991. He was arrested in New York City in February 1991 and linked to five additional murders in New York and the Caribbean. Agent Sanchez-Lopez served the Puerto Rico Police Department for four years and was assigned to the Precinct 462 Caimito.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and two-year-old daughter.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Sanchez-Lopez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Sanchez-Lopez.

— 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 September 6, 1990

Tour of Duty 4 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 12708

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Arrested in 1991

Agent Pedro Sanchez-Lopez 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