Jose Bernabe-Gonzalez
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Agent

Jose Bernabe-Gonzalez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch September 6, 1990
Age 33
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Badge 10832
The Vigil Panel 302 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Agent Jose Bernabe-Gonzalez and Agent Pedro Sanchez-Lopez were fatally shot on by two suspects who had just stolen a car. His partner also died in the confrontation. At about 10:40 pm both officers were patrolling the Camino Alejandrino in Caimito when they noticed two people stealing a vehicle in a parking lot. When the officers announced themselves, both suspects fled with the stolen vehicle, beginning a chase until they reached the public housing complex Villa Esperanza. Once in the parking lot of the public housing complex, one of the men opened fire on the patrol car from approximately 50 yards away. Agent Bernabe-Gonzalez died while attending to Agent Sanchez-Lopez who was seriously wounded when he had been shot while he was out of the car. Both officers died in the scene. The subject who shot them fled to the United States Virgin Islands where he shot and killed Police Officer Dexter Mardenborough on January 27th, 1991. He was arrested in New York City in February 1991 and linked to five additional murders in New York and the Caribbean. Agent Bernabe-Gonzalez had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for nine years and was assigned to the Precinct 462 Caimito.

Survivors

He is survived by his parents.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Bernabe-Gonzalez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 9 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Bernabe-Gonzalez.

— 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 September 6, 1990
Tour of Duty 9 yrs
Age 33
Badge Number 10832
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jose 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 1990, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jose was 33. 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. Jose had served 9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

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, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Agent Jose Bernabe-Gonzalez

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch September 6, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 56-E

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