Bio & Incident Details
Age: 46
Tour: 18 years
Badge # 2707
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 8/9/1996
Weapon: Rifle
Suspect: In custody
· Leave a Reflection
· Add to My Heroes
· Update this memorial
Share this memorial:
Police Officer Miguel A. Ocasio-Vazquez was shot and killed while responding to assist in a pursuit following a robbery.
The vehicle Officer Ocasio-Vazquez was in intercepted the vehicle on PR-1, in Caguas. The suspects opened fire with rifles, striking Officer Ocasio-Vazquez in the head. The patrol car then crashed, injuring the other two officers in it.
Officer Ocasio-Vazquez had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 18 years. He was survived by his five children.
