Police Officer

Glanville Christopher-Figueroa

Puerto Rico Police Department — San Juan, 127
Felonious
End of Watch January 9, 1994
Age 25
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
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Gender Male

Incident

Officer Christopher-Figueroa was shot and killed while trying to stop an armed robbery at a liquor store. At approximately 11:30pm, off-duty Officer Christopher-Figueroa was in a convenience store near the Punta Las Marias neighborhood when two individuals, one armed, announced a robbery. When Officer Christopher-Figueroa identified himself as a police officer and tried to calm the situation the armed men shot him and fled the scene. The officer died in the Rio Piedras Medical Center while in surgery. Officer Christopher-Figueroa had served with the agency for three years and was assigned to the Juvenile Crimes Unit.

Survivors

He was survived by his mother and father, a US Virgin Islands Police Officer, and his brother.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Christopher-Figueroa gave the Puerto Rico Police Department 3 years.
Thank you for your service to the San Juan community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Christopher-Figueroa.

— 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 January 9, 1994
Tour of Duty 3 yrs
Age 25
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Glanville 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 1994, 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

Glanville 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. Glanville had served 3 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
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When

January holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

By month
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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, Glanville among them.

Across the years

Police Officer Glanville Christopher-Figueroa

Puerto Rico Police Department · End of Watch January 9, 1994

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 58-E

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