Abimael Castro-Berrocales
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Sergeant

Abimael Castro-Berrocales

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch January 1, 2012
Age 40
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Sergeant Abimael Castro-Berrocales was shot and killed after stopping a speeding vehicle on PR-100 in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, at approximately 9:30 am.

As the officer reached the driver's side of the stopped vehicle, he was immediately shot twice in the face and critically wounded. A responding unit observed the suspect flee the scene but stopped to render aid to Sergeant Castro-Berrocales. He was transported to Río Piedras Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.

The suspect(s) involved with Sergeant Castro-Berrocales' murder remain at large.

Sergeant Castro-Berrocales had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 20 years and was assigned to the Mayaguez Highway Patrol station.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and three sons.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant Castro-Berrocales gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Castro-Berrocales.

— 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 1, 2012
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 40
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

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

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 2012, 66 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 109th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Abimael was 40. 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. Abimael had served 20 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause.

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His people

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

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Where

Sergeant Abimael Castro-Berrocales

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch January 1, 2012

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 63-W

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