by 100Clubillinois | Apr 24, 1969 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Erwin Jackson was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer. Jackson and his partner responded to a call that a man with a gun was threatening customers in the tavern at 3320 West Roosevelt Road. The officers ordered the gunman to drop his weapon. When...
by 100Clubillinois | Apr 14, 1969 | Fallen Heroes
Sergeant James Schaffer and Detective Jerome A. Stubig were killed near the beginning of a rampage by a gunman and bomber. Sergeant Schaffer and Detective Stubig were the first to arrive at the scene where two fellow officers had been shot. Six policemen and two...
by 100Clubillinois | Apr 14, 1969 | Fallen Heroes
Detective Jerome A. Stubig and Sergeant James Schaffer were killed near the beginning of a rampage by a gunman and bomber. Detective Stubig and Sergeant Schaffer were the first to arrive at the scene where two fellow officers had been shot. Six policemen and two...
by 100Clubillinois | Mar 28, 1969 | Fallen Heroes
On March 28, 1969, Captain Frank Schnurstein of the Forest Park Fire Department suffered a fatal heart attack in the line of duty. Schnurstein was on the first fire truck that responded to a fire in a three-story building containing a store on the first floor and...
by 100Clubillinois | Mar 13, 1969 | Fallen Heroes
Deputy Richard Vail suffered a fatal heart attack as he and another deputy struggled with a prisoner in the county’s traffic court. The 20-year-old prisoner, who had been charged with reckless driving, had begun arguing and fighting with other prisoners. As both...
by 100Clubillinois | Feb 24, 1969 | Fallen Heroes
Officer Kasten suffered a fatal heart attack while performing his duties. He was survived by his wife.
