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John Joseph "J.J." Rush, a former St. Petersburg Police Department patrol officer, tragically died on March 8, 2015, in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. Rush, who had retired from the police force due to an on-duty car accident in 2005, was working as an investigator for the Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner’s Office at the time of his death. His life came to a sudden and violent end when he was shot by his ex-wife, Cara Ryan, at her apartment.

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Victim Details

John Joseph Rush

Male

White / Caucasian

Indian-rocks-beach

FL

2015-03-08

45

John

Joseph Rush

11/28/2025