John Ruger
- Gender
- M
- Race
- White
#1685Tier-2 extracted
John Ruger
● OpenHomicideGeocoded
Incident date
Jan 19, 2010
Recovery location
FL
Coordinates
27.5237, -82.5494
Days open
5,983
Victim
Extracted
Case narrative
Source text · highlighted01/19/2010 10-01082 Palmetto Police Homicide 1475 12th St E Tuesday, January 19, 2010, approximately 4:05 am, officer noticed a green van parked in the northeast corner of the parking lot at 1475 12th Street East, Palmetto with it’s brake lights on. Officer observed the vehicle for a few minutes and saw no movement so he gave tag to dispatch. The van came back to John C. Ruger. The officer approached the vehicle and observed the driver’s side window was down. In the driver’s seat was a white male leaning to the right side and appeared to be unconscious. Several attempts were made to get a response but there was none. Officer went to passenger side of the van and saw what appeared to be a gunshot wound on the right side of the subjects face. The victim, John Ruger was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedic. Several 45 cal casings were found in the area.
Modus operandi
Tier-1 + Tier-2Weaponfirearm
Locationvehicle
Date2010-01-19
Address1475 12th Street East, Palmetto
Ageuncertain
GenderM
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Recovery location
Geocoded- Latitude
- 27.5237
- Longitude
- -82.5494
- Precision
- Street
- Address
- 1475 12Th St E PALMETTO FL
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