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Patrolman

Albert Motroni

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 22, 1924

Age 31

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Badge 730

The Vigil Panel 47 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 105

Incident

Patrolman Albert Motroni was shot and killed during a shootout with an auto theft suspect. His partner and the suspect were also shot and wounded. The suspect died from his wounds three days later. Patrolman Motroni was a U.S. Army veteran of WWI veteran and had served with the Boston Police Department for five years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and 5-year-old daughter.

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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Tributes

I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Motroni gave the Boston Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Boston Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Roxbury Crossing, Suffolk County, MA

Platform Identity bpd.suffolk.ma.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch September 22, 1924

Tour of Duty 5 yrs

Age 31

Badge Number 730

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Albert Motroni served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Albert Motroni is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.

In MA, 199 of 469 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.4% of this state's fallen. That is 42.4 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.

At Boston Police Department, 45 of 106 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 42.5% of this agency's fallen.

Boston Police Department

of 106 officers

42.5% Felonious

MA — Statewide

199

of 469 officers

42.4% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious