Sergeant Primitivo Marquez-Alejandro, Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico

Sergeant Primitivo Marquez-Alejandro

Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico

End of Watch Tuesday, October 12, 1993

Primitivo Marquez-Alejandro

Sergeant Primitivo Marquez-Alejandro was shot and killed while checking on two youths wearing ski masks.

Sergeant Marquez-Alejandro and his partner were driving along road PR-175 near the community of Villa Margarita in Trujillo Alto when both saw two people wearing ski masks. When they told the suspicious youths to stop, one of the suspects pulled of a gun and started shooting at the patrol car, hitting Sergeant Marquez-Alejandro three times, once piercing his heart; he wasn't wearing his bullet proof vest. His partner and other neighbors transported him to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Sergeant Marquez-Alejandro had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 18 years, and was assigned to Precint 172 North Trujillo Alto. He is survived by his wife and two sons.

Just 11 months before this incident, his brother, Officer Angel Luis Marquez-Rivera was shot and killed while two men tried to rob a convenience store in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Bio

Age 36
Tour 18 years
Badge 0-0082

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Not available

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Siempre estarás en nuestros corazones, aún recuerdo tu último suspiro de vida, tu último apretón de manos. Lamentó mucho tu partida, fuiste un gran ser humano, gracias por todos tus consejos. Siempre honraré mi uniforme. Sé que donde quiera que voy, tu estás ahí para protegerme. Te extraño hermano en Cristo y de sangre azul.

Sargento Juan C. González Torres 8-18584
Policía de Puerto Rico

May 9, 2018