Police Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera

Police Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera | Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
Police Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera

Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico

End of Watch Sunday, May 5, 1991

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Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera

Police Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera was shot and killed while off-duty and at home in Juncos, Puerto Rico.

The officer had made ​​several arrests, including high-powered figures involved in the underworld in this village. A car stopped outside his home and a man called out to him. When he went to see who it was, the man fired six shots, striking the officer three times. His family had been moved there for safety.

Officer Carmelo Ortiz-Rivera had served for seven months in the Puerto Rico Police Department, and was assigned to the Drugs and Narcotics Division of Caguas as an undercover agent. He is survived by his wife and four children.

Bio

  • Age 34
  • Tour 7 months
  • Badge Not available

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Gun; Unknown type
  • Offender Not available

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Thank you for keeping the memory of my father and his great work in the PR police and in the drug and narcotics division in which he stood out as a hero. We will remember it forever.

Glenda Ortiz
Daughter

May 5, 2023

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