Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Louis Metaxas died after falling from a roof during a search for a burglary suspect at 55 Old Colony Avenue. A citizen who was also looking for the suspect had taken his German Shepherd to the roof while Patrolman Metaxas was there. The dog attempted to attack Patrolman Metaxas, knocking him from the roof. Patrolman Metaxas was a United States Army Vietnam veteran and had served with the Boston Police Department for nine years.
Survivors
He was survived by his mother and sister.
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- July 23, 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 Metaxas gave the Boston Police Department 9 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
Service Record
Incident Details
Military Service
Louis Harry Metaxas served in the Army (1966â1969) before joining law enforcement.
Patrolman Louis Harry Metaxas 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 MA, 158 of 469 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.7 percentage points above the national rate of 31%.
At Boston Police Department, 31 of 106 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 29.2% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Louis Harry Metaxas's cause is highlighted.
How Louis Harry Metaxas Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. Louis Harry Metaxas is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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