Oscar Domingo Perez
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Patrolman

Oscar Domingo Perez

San Antonio Police Department — San Antonio, TX
Felonious
End of Watch March 24, 2000
Age 31
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Oscar Perez was shot and killed while attempting to arrest a man who was wanted in another jurisdiction.

Officer Perez and his partner were sent to a hotel after the San Antonio Police Department received a tip that the suspect was there. When the suspect refused to allow the officers to enter his room, the officers opened the door using a room key. As the officers entered the room, the suspect dropped behind a bed and opened fire, striking Officer Perez in the head. Officer Perez's partner returned fire, but did not strike the suspect, who then committed suicide. Officer Perez was flown to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead during surgery.

Survivors

Officer Perez had been a member of the San Antonio Police Department for seven years, and is survived by his expectant wife and two young children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Perez gave the San Antonio Police Department 7 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Antonio community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Perez.

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

Agency

Type Other
Location San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Platform Identity sapd.bexar.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch March 24, 2000
Tour of Duty 7 yrs
Age 31
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Oscar 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 2000, 71 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 100th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Oscar was 31. 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. Oscar had served 7 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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When

March holds 7.5% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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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

San Antonio Police Department has 64 officers remembered here, Oscar among them.

Across the years

Patrolman Oscar Domingo Perez

San Antonio Police Department · End of Watch March 24, 2000

Where the Name Is Cut

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