Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Police Department, Tribal Police
End of Watch: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Age: 27
Tour of Duty: 5 months
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Automobile crash
Date of Incident: July 4, 2007
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Officer Adam Menuez was killed in an automobile accident on Rio Vista Street, on the Stillwater Indian Reservation, while responding to a call at approximately 4:30 am.
He lost control of his 2006 Dodge Charger patrol car and struck a guardrail on a bridge as he rounded a bend in the roadway. The vehicle overturned and became submerged in an irrigation canal. He was extricated from the vehicle and transported to Fallon Churchill Banner Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Officer Menuez was a U.S. Army veteran of the War on Terrorism. He had served with the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribal Police Department for only 5 months.