Agent Luis A. Marrero-Díaz
Puerto Rico Police Department, Puerto Rico
End of Watch Monday, January 11, 2021
Luis A. Marrero-Díaz
Agent Luis
Marrero-Díaz and Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena, of the Carolina
Municipal Police Department, were murdered while attempting to arrest a
man who had just murdered Agent Luis Salamán-Conde, of the Carolina
Municipal Police Department.
Agent Salamán-Conde had responded to a vehicle crash on Avenida Roberto
Clemente. One of the drivers involved in the crash opened fire on him
with an AK-47 rifle, killing him. The man then carjacked another vehicle
and fled onto the Baldorioty de Castro Expressway. Officers from the
Carolina Municipal Police Department and Puerto Rico Police Department
pursued the vehicle along the expressway until it stopped near the Luis
Munoz Marin International Airport.
The subject opened fire again, fatally wounding Agent Luis Marrero-Díaz.
As he attempted to flee in the car a second time he fatally struck
Agent Eliezer Hernández-Cartagena. He was able to flee into a nearby
residential area where he remains at large.
Agent Marrero-Díaz had served with the Puerto Rico Police Department for 19 years.
Bio
- Age 43
- Tour 19 years
- Badge Not available
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Rifle; AK-47
- Offender At large