JAMES LLOYD ALLEN

Officer Rank: Detective Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 30-W: 25
Department: Providence, Rhode Island, P.D.
End of Watch: April 17, 2005
Cause: SHOT
Age: 50
Years of Service: 27
Description: Detective Allen was shot and killed while questioning a suspect about the stabbing of an 86-year-old woman. When Detective Allen's partner left the room, the suspect attacked Detective Allen and gained possession of his weapon. The suspect shot Detective Allen fatally in the head and then jumped from a three story window before he was arrested.
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