Officer Rank: Agent
Department: Carolina Municipal (PR) Police Department
End of Watch: 01/11/2021
Agents Eliezer Hernandez-Cartagena, Luis Salaman-Conde and Luis Marrero-Diaz of the Puerto Rico Police Department were killed after a carjacking. The suspect stole a vehicle and later crashed, and shot and killed Agent Luis Salaman-Conde after he responded to the vehicle crash. The suspect then stole a second vehicle, fled the scene, and then stopped the car at some point and shot and killed Agent Luis Marrero-Diaz. The suspect then attempted to flee again and feloniously struck and killed Agent Eliezer Hernandez-Cartagena. The suspect remains at large. Agent Eliezer Hernandez-Cartagena is the second officer to be struck and killed in 2021.
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