Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz

Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz | Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz | Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz | Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz | Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz

Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico

End of Watch Monday, August 24, 2020

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Ricardo Perez-Ortiz

Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz succumbed to gunshot wounds sustained on April 30th, 2020, when he was confronted by armed subjects while en route to work at 11:50 pm.

He was in uniform and driving his personal vehicle on Avenue Jesús T. Piñero at the interchange with Highway 18 when he was surrounded by a group of people driving motorcycles and off-road vehicles who were violating COVID-19 curfew restrictions. The other drivers surrounded his vehicle, forcing him to come to a stop. At least one of the subjects in the group opened fire on him, striking him three times before fleeing.

Sergeant Perez-Ortiz was transported to Rio Piedras Medical Center where he remained in critical condition. He was able to assist homicide investigators with information before succumbing to his wounds on August 24th, 2020.

Sergeant Perez-Ortiz had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 26 years and was posthumously promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He is survived by his brother.

Bio

  • Age 52
  • Tour 26 years
  • Badge 8-19718

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Incident Date Thursday, April 30, 2020
  • Weapon Handgun; .40 caliber
  • Offender At large

ambush, off duty

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On behalf of the Ohio Attorney Generals Bureau of Criminal Identification & Investigation, our thoughts and prayers are with the immediate family of Sergeant Ricardo Perez-Ortiz and the extended law enforcement family of the Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico.


End of Watch Monday, August 24, 2020.


Rest in Peace brother and watch over us. We will protect and serve from here on in your honor.

I fight not for glory or fame, for they are momentary. I fight for those who can't. I fight for Justice. I fight for the oppressed and the down trodden. And if I should lose my life for these just causes, then I have no regrets, For I serve to protect the innocent. It matters not where or when, for evil knows no boundaries. Be it fire, flood, or the threat of tyranny, I will not flee. Justice is my weapon. Faith is my shield. Hope is my armor. Cry not at my passing, for it was my Honor to fight for you. Shed not tears of sorrow, But tears of joy, for now, I stand with God.

By Jon F. Hooper

"Greater love hath no man than this; that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Superintendent Joe Morbitzer
Ohio Attorney General, Bureau of Criminal Investigation

September 19, 2020

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