Line of duty death: Sergeant Alvin R. Sugrañes-Lebrón
Sergeant Alvin R. Sugrañes-Lebrón
Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Puerto Rico
End of Watch Wednesday, September 16, 2020
BIO
Age 37
Tour Not available
Badge Not available
INCIDENT DETAILS
Cause Gunfire
Weapon Handgun
Offender Committed suicide
Sergeant Alvin Sugrañes-Lebrón was shot and killed at the main gate of the Guayama 500 Correctional Institution by a disgruntled corrections officer who worked at another facility.
Unbeknownst to Sergeant Sugrañes-Lebrón the officer had just murdered another member of the agency whom he was romantically involved with and a neighbor. The officer was denied access to the facility after demanding to see other officers assigned there. Sergeant Sugrañes-Lebrón told the officer to wait as he requested another supervisor to respond to the post to speak to him.
As the other supervisor approached the officer opened fire, killing Sergeant Sugrañes-Lebrón. The man fled into a nearby wooded area where he remained in hiding for two days. He committed suicide while members of a fugitive task force negotiated with him.
Sergeant Sugrañes-Lebrón is survived by his wife and child.
Please contact the following agency to send condolences or to obtain funeral arrangements:
Secretary of Corrections Einar Ramos López
Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
PO Box 71308
San Juan, PR 00936
Phone: (787) 273-6464
