Police Officer Andres Laza-Caraballo, Juncos Municipal Police Department, Puerto Rico

Police Officer Andres Laza-Caraballo

Juncos Municipal Police Department, Puerto Rico

End of Watch Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Andres Laza-Caraballo

Police Officer Andres Laza-Caraballo was shot and killed while intervening in a shooting incident while off duty at approximately 1:30 pm.

He was patronizing a barber shop on Calle Emilia Príncipe when several men started smoking marijuana in front of it. When the shop owner asked the men to leave he was attacked. Officer Laza-Caraballo identified himself as an officer and attempted to intervene when several of the subjects entered with rifles and opened fire.

Officer Laza-Caraballo was able to return fire, killing one of the men and wounding a second one before being fatally shot. The remaining two subjects fled the scene and remain at large. Three of the men, including the two who Officer Laza-Caraballo shot, were brothers.

Officer Laza-Caraballo had served with the Juncos Municipal Police Department for 10 years. He is survived by his two children.

Bio

Age 31
Tour 10 years
Badge 162

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Rifle
Offender Shot and killed

narcotics, disturbance, off duty, weapons violation

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I hope that everyone can find comfort in Revelation 21:4 where it says, "And he will wipe out every tear from their eyes, and death will be no more, neither will mourning nor outcry nor pain be anymore. The former things have passed away." Until we see him again in Paradise, please accept my condolences.

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August 16, 2018