Charles A. McNabb

Boston Police Department — Roxbury Crossing, MA

Felonious

End of Watch November 23, 1968

Age 36

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Badge 3049

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 105

Incident

Patrolman McNabb was shot and killed when he interrupted a holdup attempt at an apartment at 1214 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston. He had just gotten off duty but was still in uniform when a building superintendent approached him and notified him of a disturbance in a basement apartment. As he entered the basement, he encountered two masked men who opened fire on him, striking him twice in the chest. Patrolman McNabb was transported to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Patrolman McNabb had served with the Boston Police Department for 13 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman McNabb gave the Boston Police Department 13 years.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McNabb.

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

Agency

Department Boston Police Department

Location Roxbury Crossing, MA

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

Service Record

End of Watch November 23, 1968

Tour of Duty 13 yrs

Age 36

Badge Number 3049

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Never identified

Patrolman Charles A. McNabb is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 11.8 percentage points below the national rate of 54.2%.

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

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious