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Sergeant

Richard F. Halloran

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch November 6, 1975

Age 33

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Badge 1950

The Vigil Panel 116 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 105

Incident

Sergeant Richard Halloran was shot and killed while investigating a suspicious vehicle in the early morning hours in the area of Bremen Street and Neptune Road. Another officer found his body lying next to his patrol car. A suspect was apprehended after an investigation revealed he was the son of another officer. The man, 22, was arrested. On December 1, 1978, the suspect was sentenced to life in without parole. On July 30, 1984, he escaped from a New Hampshire prison for the third time. Each time he was captured within a few days. Sergeant Halloran, an Army veteran, had served with the Boston police department for five years and with the Medford police department for two years prior to that.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and two sons who went on to become firefighters.

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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.
Sergeant Halloran gave the Boston Police Department 7 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 November 6, 1975

Tour of Duty 7 yrs

Age 33

Badge Number 1950

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun

Military Service

Richard F. Halloran served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Sergeant Richard F. Halloran 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 97,759 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 97,759 officers

0% Felonious