Roll of Honor
Incident
Police Officer John Larson was killed in a traffic collision when his patrol car collided with a fire department van at Grand and Snelling Avenues while responding to an emergency call at 11:30 p.m. Officer Larson, who was the passenger in the patrol vehicle, succumbed to head injuries at St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital at 12:35 a.m. His partner and four firemen were not injured. Officer Larson was a United States Air Force veteran and had served with the St. Paul Police Department for six years.
Survivors
He was survived by his wife and two children.
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- April 2, 2026
- Last updated
- 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.
Police Officer Larson gave the Saint Paul Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Saint Paul 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
John Harold Larson served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.
Police Officer John Harold Larson 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 MN, 84 of 293 officers were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 28.7% of this state's fallen. That is 2.3 percentage points below the national rate of 31%.
At Saint Paul Police Department, 11 of 33 officers on record were lost to accidents in the line of duty — 33.3% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Accident compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. John Harold Larson's cause is highlighted.
How John Harold Larson Compares
When Accident Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Accident deaths across the full memorial record. John Harold Larson is highlighted in Aug.
Incident Location
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