Sher Griffiths

Death by Force

On February 17, 1988, Detective Sherman Griffiths of the Boston Police Department was tragically shot and killed while serving a search warrant as part of the Drug Control Unit. The incident occurred at approximately 8:00 PM at an apartment located at 104 Bellevue Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Detective Griffiths, who was 36 years old and an 8-year veteran of the department, was attempting to gain entry to a third-floor apartment using a sledgehammer when shots were fired from ...Read More