by 100Clubillinois | Sep 22, 1988 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Irma Ruiz was a charismatic, hardworking mother, sister, and daughter who “took care of everyone” because “that’s just how she was”. She graduated from the Police Academy in 1976 and was on the job for 12 years. Irma Ruiz was among the early waves of women in...
by 100Clubillinois | May 21, 1988 | Fallen Heroes
Officer John W. Mathews was attacked and killed by five assailants. Officer Mathews was returning home and was attacked and killed by five assailants while investigating a drinking and drag racing party. He was off duty when he noticed several squad cars down the...
by 100Clubillinois | Jan 5, 1988 | Fallen Heroes
Correctional Officer Jeffery Blakey died as a result of an injury he suffered six weeks earlier while stopping an inmate from escaping a courthouse in Des Plaines. One of five prisoners tried to escape out of a fire exit during their transport to court. Correctional...
by 100Clubillinois | Dec 30, 1987 | Fallen Heroes
Police Officer Lee Seward, 43, was a 16-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, assigned to the 023 District. On December 30, 1987, Officer Seward and his partner, Patricia Cosgrove, responded for the second time to an apartment building in the 4000 block of...
by 100Clubillinois | Oct 5, 1987 | Fallen Heroes
On October 5, 1987, Chicago Fire Department Captain Richard O’Connor of Engine 29 collapsed after climbing ten flights of stairs while responding to a false alarm in a multi-story Chicago Housing Authority project building. The building’s two elevators had been...
by 100Clubillinois | Sep 4, 1987 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Morrison was killed when his patrol car was broadsided by a drunk driver traveling at a high rate of speed. While working special employment for Public Housing North, Officer Morrison learned of a man with a shotgun in the area. Accompanied by other officers,...
