Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Thomas Mulligan suffered fatal injuries when he was kicked by a horse while attempting to evacuate it from a burning horse stable.
Around 2:00 a.m, Patrolman Mulligan and his partner observed smoke coming from a stable at Jackson Avenue between Third and Fourth Street (present-day 49th and 50th Avenue). When Patrolman Mulligan ran inside the burning building and entered the stall of one of the horses, the horse kicked him in his stomach. He hit the side of the stall and stumbled out of the burning building. He was transported to the Second Precinct Station, where he passed away an hour later.
Patrolman Mulligan had served with the Long Island City Police Department for four years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
134 years is a long time for a name to go unread. Not today.
Patrolman Mulligan gave the Long Island City Police Department 4 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Patrolman Thomas Mulligan is one of 10,088 officers lost to accidents in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 31% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In NY, 645 of 2,147 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 30% of this state's fallen. That is 1 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Long Island City Police Department, 1 of 2 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 50% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Thomas Mulligan's cause is highlighted.
How Thomas Mulligan Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Thomas Mulligan is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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