Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer Andres Laza-Caraballo was shot and killed while intervening in a shooting incident while off duty at approximately 1:30 pm.
He was patronizing a barber shop on Calle Emilia Príncipe when several men started smoking marijuana in front of it. When the shop owner asked the men to leave he was attacked. Officer Laza-Caraballo identified himself as an officer and attempted to intervene when several of the subjects entered with rifles and opened fire.
Officer Laza-Caraballo was able to return fire, killing one of the men and wounding a second one before being fatally shot. The remaining two subjects fled the scene and remain at large. Three of the men, including the two who Officer Laza-Caraballo shot, were brothers.
Officer Laza-Caraballo had served with the Juncos Municipal Police Department for 10 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his two children.
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Tributes
I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Laza-Caraballo gave the Juncos Municipal Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Juncos community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Laza-Caraballo.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Police Officer Andres Laza-Caraballo 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 077, 1 of 1 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 100% of this state's fallen. That is 45.8 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Andres Laza-Caraballo's cause is highlighted.
How Andres Laza-Caraballo Compares
Offender Outcome
Shot and killed
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Andres Laza-Caraballo is highlighted in Mar.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Andres Laza-Caraballo was killed by rifle.