Trooper Robert Perez Jr.
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Ohio
End of Watch: Monday, May 15, 2000

Biographical Info
Age: 24
Tour of Duty: 3 years
Badge Number: Not available

Incident Details
Cause of Death: Automobile accident
Date of Incident: Friday, May 12, 2000
Weapon Used: Automobile
Suspect Info: Struck and killed by automobile

Trooper Robert Perez died three days after his cruiser was struck from behind while he was writing a traffic citation on the Ohio Turnpike in Milan, Ohio.

Trooper Perez and the vehicle he had stopped, were in an emergency pull-off when a minivan struck his cruiser, pushing it into the original stopped vehicle. Trooper Perez was transported to a hospital in Cleveland where he died.

The suspect who struck his cruiser attempted to flag down passing motorists, before he sat down in the highway and was struck and killed by another vehicle.

Trooper Perez had been in law enforcement for three years and had been with the Ohio State Highway Patrol for one year.