Trooper Mark S. Charbonnier

Trooper Mark S. Charbonnier | Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts
Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts
Trooper Mark S. Charbonnier

Massachusetts State Police, Massachusetts

End of Watch Friday, September 2, 1994

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Mark S. Charbonnier

Trooper Mark Charbonnier was shot and killed as he approached a van he had stopped on the side of Route 3 near Kingston, Massachusetts.

The subject opened fire while still seated in the van. As Trooper Charbonnier retreated to the back of the van the man continued to fire, striking him below his vest.

Trooper Charbonnier was able to return fire and wounded the suspect in the arm and head. Trooper Charbonnier was flown to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds a short time later.

The subject was a convicted killer on parole. He was convicted of Trooper Charbonnier's murder and sentenced to life without parole.

Trooper Charbonnier had served with the Massachusetts State Police for six years. He was assigned to D Troop.

Bio

  • Age 31
  • Tour 6 years
  • Badge 953

Incident Details

  • Cause Gunfire
  • Weapon Handgun; .32 caliber
  • Offender Sentenced to life
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Every trip to my house on the Cape, I pass the memorial, and a cloud of grief descends. Every time, in dreaded anticipation, as though for the first time, decades after he died doing his job to protect us.

Sorrow, anger all mixed, while I pass quickly by. Every time.

Trooper Charbonnier - Thank you for your sacrifice for all of us. Your courage. Always and ever grieved. Never forgotten.

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E. Storlazzi

March 21, 2020

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