Agent

Jimmy Wilson Ortiz-Valentin

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch September 29, 1992
Age 20
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
The Vigil Panel 138 ›
Gender Male

Incident

Agent Jimmy Ortiz-Valentin was shot and killed while working an undercover drug assignment at approximately 4:30 pm. He was conducting a narcotics purchase near the University of Puerto Rico, in Cayey. He and the target of the investigation were sitting in a vehicle, and had just conducted the transaction, when two other men approached and opened fire on Agent Ortiz-Valentin. It is believed that Agent Ortiz-Valentin was targeted in retaliation for a previous case. Two of the subjects were apprehended and the third turned himself in. All three were convicted of first degree murder and weapons charges and sentenced to life in prison. Agent Ortiz-Valentin had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for two years and was assigned to the Guayama Narcotics Division.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Ortiz-Valentin 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 Ortiz-Valentin.

— 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 29, 1992
Tour of Duty 2 yrs
Age 20
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jimmy 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 1992, 93 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 59th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jimmy was 20. 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. Jimmy 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

September holds 9.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Tuesdays: 13.4%.

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, Jimmy among them.

Across the years
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Where

Agent Jimmy Wilson Ortiz-Valentin

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch September 29, 1992

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-E

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