On February 19, 1993, 42-year-old Boston Police Officer Thomas Rose was killed inside the booking area of the District A-1 station in downtown Boston. Rose, a 13-year veteran of the force and a U.S. Air Force veteran, was a husband, father of three and a grandfather. He was White/Caucasian.

Muhammad allegedly lunged for Rose’s service weapon and a struggle for control of the gun followed. Several shots were fired from the officer’s own weapon; two struck Rose and proved fatal.

Muhammad had a prior conviction for manslaughter stemming from the 1986 shooting death of a Dorchester clerk, Angela Skeete, and had served time for that offense. Muhammad was apprehended after the 1993 stationhouse shooting and later convicted of voluntary manslaughter and sentenced to 26 to 30 years in prison.