Roll of Honor
Incident
Captain Hugh Lee suffered a fatal heart attack several hours after assisting at the scene of a large riot in Roxbury in which Patrolman Adolph Butterman had been shot.
He was transported to a local hospital after collapsing at his home at 61 Farragut Road the following morning. He remained in the hospital until passing away two days later.
Patrolman Butterman died from his wounds six weeks later.
Captain Lee had served with the Boston Police Department for 30 years. He was survived by his wife. A lifelong bachelor, he had married the year before he died.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife.
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- July 23, 2026
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Tributes
30 years. You could have gone home.
Captain Lee gave the Boston Police Department 30 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Roxbury Crossing community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Captain Lee.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
Agency
Service Record
Incident Details
Captain Hugh J. Lee 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 MA, 44 of 469 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 9.4% of this state's fallen. That is 5.4 percentage points above the national rate of 4%.
At Boston Police Department, 8 of 106 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 7.5% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Cardiac compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Hugh J. Lee's cause is highlighted.
How Hugh J. Lee Compares
When Cardiac Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Cardiac deaths across the full memorial record. Hugh J. Lee is highlighted in May.
Incident Location
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