Police Officer David Henry Strzalkowski

David Henry Strzalkowski

Officer David 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.

The suspect had been released from prison 10 days earlier after serving seven years of a 15 year sentence for attempted murder. On August 9, 1990, he was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and sentenced to death. On April 19, 1995, he and another death row inmate were stabbed to death by two fellow inmates in the exercise yard at the Florida State Penitentiary.

Officer Strzalkowski had served with the agency for 6 years. He was survived by his expectant wife, son, and father.