| Agent Jorge Sanchez-Santiago
Puerto Rico Police Department
Puerto Rico
End of Watch: Sunday, August 16, 2009 Biographical Info
Age: 37
Tour of Duty: 17 years
Badge Number: 18715 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Sunday, August 16, 2009
Weapon Used: Handgun; 9 mm
Suspect Info: In custody Agent Jorge Sanchez-Santiago and Lieutenant Benjamin Santiago-Fragoso were shot and killed as they transported a prisoner jail.
The prisoner was somehow able to obtain one of the officers' weapons. Agent Sanchez-Santiago was shot once in the head and Lieutenant Santiago-Fragoso was shot three times in the chest and critically wounded. Lieutenant Santiago-Fragoso succumbed to his wounds five weeks later.
The suspect fled the scene but was arrested the next day after an extensive search by the FBI, USMS and the Puerto Rico Police Department. The FBI has assumed jurisdiction of the case as a car jacking incident.
Agent Sanchez-Santiago had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 17 years. He is survived by his wife and two children. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
