Police Officer Daryl Raetz, a six-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, was struck about 3:30 a.m. on May 19, 2013, near 51st and Cambridge avenues, Phoenix Police Department spokesman Sgt. Tommy Thompson said.
Raetz was standing in the road processing a suspected DUI driver with two to three other officers when he was struck by an SUV that was going north on 51st Avenue, Thompson said. The SUV driver fled, turning left on Thomas Road.
Raetz was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. He was 29 and had a wife and child. He was also a veteran of the Iraq War.
Raetz was standing in the road processing a suspected DUI driver with two to three other officers when he was struck by an SUV that was going north on 51st Avenue, Thompson said. The SUV driver fled, turning left on Thomas Road.
Raetz was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. He was 29 and had a wife and child. He was also a veteran of the Iraq War.
Published in The Arizona Republic from May 19 to May 20, 2013
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