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....
by 100Clubillinois | Jul 29, 1992 | Fallen Heroes
On July 29, 1992, Fire Lt. Luby, a 15-year veteran with the Oak Park Fire Department, died at West Suburban Hospital after fighting a basement fire at 544 N. Humphrey Ave. Luby, 43, was found at the stair bottom, dead from carbon monoxide intoxication and inhalation...
by 100Clubillinois | Jul 20, 1992 | Fallen Heroes
Deputy Marshal Roy Frakes and Special Deputy Marshal Harry Belluomini were shot and killed by a suspect who was attempting to escape from the federal courthouse in Chicago, Illinois. The suspect had removed his handcuffs with a smuggled key, assaulted a guard in the...
