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| Police Officer David Henry Strzalkowski
Metro-Dade Police Department
Florida
End of Watch: Monday, November 28, 1988 Biographical Info
Age: 34
Tour of Duty: 6 years
Badge Number: 3663 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, November 28, 1988
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Died in prison Officer Strzalkowski and Officer Richard Boles were shot and killed after responding to a call in the Aventura area. The call turned out to be a bogus call by a paroled felon. When they located the complainant the man began to struggle with them and gained control of Officer Boles' service weapon. He opened fire, fatally wounding both officers.
During the struggle the officers were able to put out a distress call and the responding officers arrested the suspect, who had been paroled less then one year earlier. The suspect was sent prison where he later died.
Officer Strzalkowski had served with the agency for 6 years. He was survived by his expectant wife, son, and father. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
