Ramon Luis Galarza-Torres
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Agent

Ramon Luis Galarza-Torres

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch September 29, 1991
Age 38
Badge 7417
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Gender Male

Incident

Agent Ramon Galarza-Torres was shot and killed while making a traffic stop on Highway 2 near Aguada, Puerto Rico, at approximately 5:00 am. He had stopped a vehicle and was preparing to arrest the driver for DUI when the man suddenly produced a .25 caliber handgun and fatally shot him. A passing citizen used Agent Galarza-Torres' radio to call for assistance as the subject fled the scene. The subject was arrested based on information that Agent Galarza-Torres had broadcast over the radio during the stop. The man was charged with first degree murder, firearms charges, and DUI. He was sentenced to life in prison. Agent Galarza-Torres was assigned to Transit Division Station C in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two children.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Agent Galarza-Torres served with the Puerto Rico Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Agent Galarza-Torres.

— 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, 1991
Age 38
Badge Number 7417
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Ramon 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 1991, 85 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 76th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Ramon was 38. 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.

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%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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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 handgun, in 23.4% of these deaths.

Every cause
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His people

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

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Where

Agent Ramon Luis Galarza-Torres

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch September 29, 1991

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 27-E

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