Sergeant Dennis Oliver Simmonds, Boston Police Department, Massachusetts

Sergeant Dennis Oliver Simmonds

Boston Police Department, Massachusetts

End of Watch Thursday, April 10, 2014

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Dennis Oliver Simmonds

Sergeant Dennis Simmonds suffered a fatal brain aneurysm while working out at the Boston Police Academy gym at approximately 1:30 pm.

Officer Simmonds had suffered a head injury April 19th, 2013, when he was struck by shrapnel from an explosive device that was detonated during a shootout with the Boston Marathon Bombers in Watertown, Massachusetts, the day after they murdered Police Officer Sean Collier of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Department.

After he collapsed in the gym he was rushed to a local hospital where he passed away.

Sergeant Simmonds had served with the Boston Police Department for six years. He is survived by his parents.

He was posthumously promoted from officer to sergeant by the Boston Police Department on June 14, 2018.

Bio

Age 28
Tour 6 years
Badge Not available

Incident Details

Cause Duty related illness
Incident Date Friday, April 19, 2013
Weapon Explosives; Bomb
Offender Not available

PT, terrorism

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