Glanville Christopher-Figueroa

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127

Felonious

End of Watch January 9, 1994

Age 25

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

The Vigil Panel 140 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 363

Incident

Officer Christopher-Figueroa was shot and killed while trying to stop an armed robbery at a liquor store. At approximately 11:30pm, off-duty Officer Christopher-Figueroa was in a convenience store near the Punta Las Marias neighborhood when two individuals, one armed, announced a robbery. When Officer Christopher-Figueroa identified himself as a police officer and tried to calm the situation the armed men shot him and fled the scene. The officer died in the Rio Piedras Medical Center while in surgery. Officer Christopher-Figueroa had served with the agency for three years and was assigned to the Juvenile Crimes Unit.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and father, a US Virgin Islands Police Officer, and his brother.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Christopher-Figueroa gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Christopher-Figueroa.

— 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 January 9, 1994

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 25

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Not available

Police Officer Glanville Christopher-Figueroa 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