Trooper Roy A. Donivan

Roy A. Donivan

Trooper Roy Donivan was shot and killed while he and three other plainclothes officers patrolled Saratoga-Albany Road (current-day Route 9) in Wilton, Saratoga County, after a rash of robberies.

They were flagged down by a man who, with two other men, attempted to rob them. A gunfight ensued in which Trooper Donivan was fatally wounded. The suspects were apprehended following his murder.

One suspect was convicted of manslaughter, and another was acquitted.

Trooper Donivan was a United States Army World War I veteran and had been assigned to Troop G. He was survived by his wife, two sons, his parents, a brother, and four sisters.