Angela Ruiz-Arroyo
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Angela Ruiz-Arroyo

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch January 21, 2002
Age 28
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
The Vigil Panel 149 ›
Gender Female

Incident

Agent Angela Ruiz-Arroyo was shot and killed when someone attempted to rob her of her vehicle as she left her home, at the Bello Monte Apartments in Guaynabo, at 3:30 am.

She was en route to the police station when a masked suspect approached her. She was shot by the suspect after producing her weapon and identifying herself as a police officer.

Agent Ruiz-Arroyo had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for seven years and was assigned to the District 171 Toa Baja.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Ruiz-Arroyo gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Ruiz-Arroyo.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location San Juan, 127
Platform Identity prpd.pr.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch January 21, 2002
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 28
Gender Female

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Angela is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2002, 73 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 96th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Angela was 28. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Angela had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where she stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun; unknown type, in 9.5% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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Her people

Puerto Rico Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Angela among them.

Across the years
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Where

Agent Angela Ruiz-Arroyo

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch January 21, 2002

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 52-W

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