The family of José David Rodríguez Correa, 23, who died on June 24, 2025 during an intervention by undercover Puerto Rico police officers, is demanding answers about what happened, and new questions have surfaced about the case. According to the information, the intervention followed police receiving reports that suspects in vehicle thefts in Cayey were riding a motorcycle and that the license plate on the motorcycle carrying José David was not registered.
Juan Alberto Valdés López, 26, who was also on the motorcycle with José David, survived the intervention. The family maintains that Sergeant Roberto Rodríguez Lebrón, who led the operation by the agents who fired, had months earlier issued the young man a warning in a case in which he was accused of illegal appropriation for not paying the monthly installment on his van to a pawnshop and selling the vehicle to a third party without authorization, a case that was reduced to a misdemeanor.
A Kilómetro 0 investigation identifies contradictions in official documents about the caliber of the weapon seized at the scene. Police Superintendent Joseph González said the case was investigated by both the Special Investigations Bureau (NIE) and the agency’s administrative division. He said the NIE closed the investigation in July 2025, and that in April 2026 the Police administratively cleared the four agents and the sergeant who supervised them.
He also said the dead man’s mother was notified of the determination in May of this year.