JOAQUIN MONTIJO

Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 25-W: 3
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: June 14, 1990
Cause: SHOT
Age: 35
Years of Service: 1
Description: Officer Montijo answered a "man with gun" call. As Officer Montijo attempted to arrest the suspect, the man shot him in the head. Officer Montijo was taken to the hospital where he was resuscitated several times but succumbed to his injuries the following day. The suspect was convicted of murder and received the death penalty.
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