| Police Officer Richard Allen Boles
Metro-Dade Police Department
Florida
End of Watch: Monday, November 28, 1988 Biographical Info
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: Not available Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Monday, November 28, 1988
Weapon Used: Officer's handgun
Suspect Info: Apprehended Officer Boles and Officer David Strzalkowski were shot and killed after responding to a call in the Aventura area. The call turned out to be a bogus called in 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. Officer Boles was survived by his wife, son, and daughter. Related Line of Duty Deaths | 
