by 100Clubillinois | May 13, 1990 | Fallen Heroes
Officers Raymond Kilroy and Gregory A. Hauser were shot and mortally wounded when they responded to a domestic disturbance between a woman and her grandson. As they talked to the grandson in a garage, he suddenly grabbed one of the officers’ weapons. The suspect...
by 100Clubillinois | Dec 9, 1989 | Fallen Heroes
On December 9, 1989, Lieutenant Joseph Samec of the Pleasantview Fire Protection District died in the line of duty while fighting a house fire in Burr Ridge, Illinois. The fire was discovered shortly after 4:30 PM, and more than fifty firefighters from twelve...
by 100Clubillinois | Oct 9, 1989 | Fallen Heroes
Patrolman Barry Shalin was struck and killed by a drunken driver while making a traffic stop. The suspect was arrested and convicted in connection with Patrolman Shalin’s death. Patrolman Shalin had served with the Morton Grove Police Department for 19...
by 100Clubillinois | Aug 14, 1989 | Fallen Heroes
Police Officer William J. Luce, 45, was a 20-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, assigned to the Special Operations Unit. During firearms testing, Officer Luce was exposed to radiation when a scope dismantled from a gun. The radiation caused severe...
by 100Clubillinois | Jan 3, 1989 | Fallen Heroes
More than 800 people-including representatives of 83 fire, police and emergency service departments-attended funeral services Saturday for Doug Maicach, who last week became the first South Holland firefighter to die in the line of duty. *** On January 3, 1989,...
by 100Clubillinois | Sep 22, 1988 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Irma Ruiz was shot and killed confronting an armed offender in a school. A heavily armed gunman went on a shooting rampage, killing three people and wounding another. The assailant then entered an elementary school filled with children. Already in the school,...
