San Juan Police Department, Puerto Rico
End of Watch: Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Age: 28
Tour of Duty: 9 years
Badge Number: Not available
Cause of Death: Gunfire (Inadvertent)
Date of Incident: April 1, 2009
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available
Lieutenant Carlos Lozada-Vergara was accidentally shot and killed while participating in a training exercise at the police department's headquarters building.
He was role playing as a suspect when another officer fired a weapon that he forgotten to unload.
Lieutenant Lozada-Vergara had served with the San Juan Municipal Police Department for nine years. He was survived b his wife.