Police Officer Daniel R. Boyle
Philadelphia Police Department
Pennsylvania

End of Watch: Wednesday, February 6, 1991
Cause: Gunfire

Biographical Info
Age: 21
Tour of Duty: 1 year
Badge Number: 5459

Officer Boyle succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained two days earlier after stopping a stolen car. The suspect was found after falling through a skylight into an apartment after setting himself on fire. The man was sentenced to death and is currently on death row.

Officer Boyle had served with the agency for 1 year. He was survived by his mother, father, stepmother, and two sisters. His father also served as a detective with the Philadelphia Police Department.

 
Photograph: Police Officer Daniel R. Boyle

Patch image: Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania

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