Roll of Honor
Incident
Detective Randolph Holder was shot and killed while pursuing an armed male subject.
He and his partner were on patrol in the East Harlem section of Manhattan when they responded to a call of shots fired. The officers spoke to a victim who informed them that one of the males who had been firing a gun had also robbed him at gunpoint and fled on a bicycle. The officers canvassed the area for the suspect and located him approximately 18 blocks away near a footbridge over Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive at 120th Street.
Detective Holder and his partner pursued the suspect, who engaged the officers in a gun battle. Detective Holder was struck in the head in the exchange of gunfire. He was transported to Harlem Hospital where he later died from his wound.
The suspect, who had been wounded in the exchange of gunfire, was located several blocks away by responding officers and taken into custody. In March 2017 the subject was convicted of murder, robbery, and other charges. On April 3, 2017, he was sentenced to life in prison.
Detective Holder had served with the New York City Police Department for five years and was assigned to Police Service Area 5. Detective Holder's father and grandfather served as police officers in his native Guyana.
Detective Holder was posthumously promoted from the rank of officer to the rank of Detective.
In August 2017, the intersection of Collier Avenue and Briar Place was renamed Detective Randolph Holder Way.
Det. Holder, On today, the 5th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for the citizens of New York City. And to your Family and Loved Ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
R.I.P. USBP
Anonymous United States Border Patrol October 20th, 2020
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Detective Holder gave the New York City Police Department 5 years.
Thank you for your service to the New York community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Detective Holder.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Detective Randolph A. Holder is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,756 officers honored here.
In NY, 728 of 2,147 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 33.9% of this state's fallen. That is 33.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At New York City Police Department, 365 of 1237 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 29.5% of this agency's fallen.
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