Roll of Honor
Carroll Edward Halligan
Incident
Deputy Sheriff Ed Halligan suffered a heart attack and died as he struggled with a 13-year-old suspect at 2200 Block of Lucas Street. The struggle started when Deputy Halligan and another deputy attempted to serve a psychiatric committal order on the subject. No charges were filed against the juvenile. Deputy Halligan was transported to Muscatine General Hospital where he could not be revived. Deputy Halligan served with the Muscatine County Sheriff's Department for eight years as a full-time deputy and 20 years as a reserve deputy and had previously served as the chief of police for the city of Fruitland.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and six children.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
28 years. You could have gone home.
Deputy Sheriff Halligan gave the Muscatine County Sheriff's Department 28 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Muscatine community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Deputy Sheriff Halligan.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Deputy Sheriff Carroll Edward Halligan is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.
In IA, 11 of 226 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 4.9% of this state's fallen. That is 0.9 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Carroll Edward Halligan's cause is highlighted.
How Carroll Edward Halligan Compares
Offender Outcome
Cause: Heart attack
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Carroll Edward Halligan is highlighted in Nov.