Deputy Sheriff

Raymundo Martinez

Felonious
End of Watch April 11, 1940
Age 28
The Vigil Panel 76 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Deputy Raymundo Martinez and Deputy Eduardo Dominguez were shot and killed when they responded to a domestic dispute. Gunfire erupted between the deputies and one man. Three others, including a mother of 10 children, caught in the crossfire were also killed. The 48-year-old suspect was convicted of three counts of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 1 to 10 years in prison.

Survivors

Deputy Martinez was survived by his wife.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Deputy Sheriff Martinez served with the Conejos County Sheriff's Office.
Thank you for your service to the Conejos community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Martinez.

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

Agency

Type Sheriff's Office
Location Conejos, Conejos County, CO
Platform Identity ccso.conejos.co.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 11, 1940
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Rifle

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Raymundo 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 1940, 91 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 62nd heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

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Who

Raymundo 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.

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When

April holds 8.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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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 rifle, in 5.9% of these deaths.

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His people

Conejos County Sheriff's Office has 2 officers remembered here, Raymundo among them.

Deputy Sheriff Raymundo Martinez

Conejos County Sheriff's Office · End of Watch April 11, 1940

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 29-E

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