Angel Luis Marquez-Rivera

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127

Felonious

End of Watch December 18, 1992

Age 32

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 363

Incident

Officer Angel Marquez-Rivera was shot three times and killed after two men attempted to rob him while he was off-duty. When the robbers saw his service revolver, they shot him.

Eleven months later, Officer Marquez-Rivera's brother, Sergeant Primitivo Marquez-Alejandro was shot and killed while checking a report of youths wearing ski masks on October 12, 1993 in Trujillo Alto, PR.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Marquez-Rivera served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Marquez-Rivera.

— 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 December 18, 1992

Age 32

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Not available

Offender Not available

Police Officer Angel Luis Marquez-Rivera 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