JOSE M ORTIZ
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 14-W: 22
Department: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, P.D.
End of Watch: September 21, 2000
Cause: STRU
Age: 29
Years of Service: 4
Description: Officer Ortiz and his partner were investigating a stolen van. When the officers attempted to question the suspect, he fled. Officer Ortiz, in plainclothes, was struck by a police cruiser while chasing the suspect. Officer Ortiz was critically injured. He remained on life support until his death three days later. [Friendly action.]
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