Miguel Angel Massas-Perez
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Agent

Miguel Angel Massas-Perez

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch November 5, 1993
Age 25
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Agent Miguel Massas-Perez was shot and killed when he was ambushed at his home in the middle of a drug investigation. He had just arrived home in the Parcelas Las Calderonas neighborhood in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, when one of the passengers in the vehicle opened fire on him, killing him. It was believed that his identity as an undercover agent had been discovered, and he was murdered as a result.

Survivors

Agent Massas-Perez is survived by his wife and son.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Massas-Perez gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 2 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Massas-Perez.

— 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 November 5, 1993
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Miguel 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 1993, 101 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 51st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Miguel was 25. 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. Miguel had served 2 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

November holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Fridays: 14.3%.

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, Miguel among them.

Across the years
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Where

Agent Miguel Angel Massas-Perez

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch November 5, 1993

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 6-E

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