Puerto Rico Police Officer Killed by gunfire

[KevDen2005]

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.


Juncos Municipal Police Department
PO Box 1706
Juncos, PR 00777
Phone: (787) 321-8684

https://www.odmp.org/officer/23621-p...laza-caraballo

[Irving]

Holy hell.

[TheGrey]

Dear God. That's....how the hell does something like that happen?!

RIP, Officer Laza-Caraballo. May your children know peace, and find comfort in ther memories of you.

[Gcompact30]

RIP, Officer Laza-Caraballo.... and prayers for his family.