Police Officer Glanville Christopher-Figueroa, Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico

Police Officer Glanville Christopher-Figueroa

Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico

End of Watch Sunday, January 9, 1994

Glanville Christopher-Figueroa

Officer Christopher-Figueroa was shot and killed while trying to stop an armed robbery at a liquor store.

At approximately 11:30pm, off-duty Officer Christopher-Figueroa was in a convenience store near the Punta Las Marias neighborhood when two individuals, one armed, announced a robbery. When Officer Christopher-Figueroa identified himself as a police officer and tried to calm the situation the armed men shot him and fled the scene. The officer died in the Rio Piedras Medical Center while in surgery.

Officer Christopher-Figueroa had served with the agency for three years and was assigned to the Juvenile Crimes Unit. He was survived by his mother and father, a US Virgin Islands Police Officer, and his brother.

Bio

Age 25
Tour 3 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Gunfire
Weapon Gun; Unknown type
Offender Not available

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hacen 23 anos de tu partida y parece que fue ayer. i still remember your baby face. when i have to babysit you after school so many times, then after you grow up always asking me for advice, but no matter what you always made you own decision. still remember when you bought that beautiful toyota mr2 how much you enjoyed.
we miss you a lot, but i know you are in a better place. god is in control. dies te bendiga. too luis.

jose camacho
uncle

June 28, 2017