Geniel Amaro-Fantauzzi
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Agent

Geniel Amaro-Fantauzzi

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch August 25, 2014
Age 35
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
The Vigil Panel 163 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Agent Geniel Amaro-Fantauzzi succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained one week earlier when he and several other agents were conducting a narcotics investigation at the April Gardens 1 public housing complex, on Carretera 917, in Las Piedras.

A subject in the complex opened fire on the agents, wounding Agent Amaro-Fantauzzi and a second agent. The man who shot them was arrested and charged with five counts of attempted murder in addition to other charges.

Agent Amaro-Fantauzzi was transported to Rio Piedras Medical Center, where he remained on life support until succumbing to his wounds.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Amaro-Fantauzzi gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Amaro-Fantauzzi.

— 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 August 25, 2014
Tour of Duty 16 yrs
Age 35
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Cause Detail Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Geniel 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 2014, 63 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 119th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Geniel was 35. 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. Geniel had served 16 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

August holds 8.9% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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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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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Agent Geniel Amaro-Fantauzzi

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch August 25, 2014

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 48-W

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