by 100Clubillinois | Mar 8, 1995 | Fallen Heroes
Police Officer Daniel J. Doffyn was shot and killed when he surprised burglary suspects at an apartment complex. At 3:30 in the afternoon, Dan Doffyn and other officers were heading for their squad cars at the Austin District police station. They were about to begin...
by 100Clubillinois | Nov 24, 1993 | Fallen Heroes
On November 23, 1993, Cadet Firefighter Steven McNamee of the Chicago Fire Department died in the line of duty during a training accident at the Chicago Fire Academy. Candidates had been taught the proper method for jumping from a building into an inflatable Life Cube...
by 100Clubillinois | Aug 6, 1993 | Fallen Heroes
Police Officer Gerald L. Wright was shot and killed on his way home from his shift. At about 11:30 p.m., at 934 West 79th Street, Officer Wright stopped into a store to visit the owners. When he went out to talk to a man standing outside the store, shots rang out from...
by 100Clubillinois | Nov 17, 1992 | Fallen Heroes
Deputy Alfred Brown succumbed to injuries suffered five days earlier after being struck in the head as he was arresting a man for disorderly conduct in the Cook County 6th District Courthouse in Markham. During the arrest, the suspect began resisting and gave Deputy...
by 100Clubillinois | Oct 5, 1992 | Fallen Heroes
Officer John J. Lyons was killed when the squad car he was driving struck a tree. The accident occurred at 3:14 a.m. in the 3400 block of North Kimball. The squad car was northbound on Kimball responding to a radio assignment when it skidded and spun into a tree....
