Bio & Incident Details
Age: 21
Tour: 9 months
Badge # 25101
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 2/13/1998
Weapon: Handgun
Suspect: Not available
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Officer Roberto Román-Torres was shot and killed by unknown subjects while interverning in an altercation.
The officer was playing cards with some friends in the Clausells neighborhood in Ponce, when an underage person shot him in the chest. He was transported to San Lucas Hospital in Ponce where he died .
Officer Román-Torres belonged to the class 198-C of the Puerto Rico Police Academy, and was just 7 days to graduation. He was promoted posthumously to the rank of officer. He is survived by his wife, two children, mother, and two sisters.
