Eugene J. Keegan
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Patrolman

Eugene J. Keegan

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Veteran → Felonious
End of Watch February 9, 1928
Age 42
Tour of Duty 16 yrs 11 mo
Badge 571
Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Eugene Keegan and Lieutenant Edward Murphy were shot and killed at 131 East 35th Street during the arrest of an armed assailant while conducting a murder investigation. The officers went to the apartment of the suspect who had just murdered two employees of a packing plant. Upon arrival, the offender resisted and fired a barrage of bullets. Both Lieutenant Murphy and Patrolman Kegan sustained fatal wounds. The assailant was shot and killed by other officers. Patrolman Keegan was a United States Army WWI veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department for almost 17 years. He was survived by his father and sister. He is buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.

Survivors

He was survived by his father and sister.

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I served 1985 to 1993. You served too, before the badge - different uniform, same idea. You go where you are sent and you do not get to pick the call.
Patrolman Keegan gave the Chicago Police Department 16 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community, and for your service before it. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, brother.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch February 9, 1928
Tour of Duty 16 yrs 11 mo
Age 42
Badge Number 571
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

Military Service

Eugene J. Keegan served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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The Sacrifice · Felonious

Eugene is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,552 remembered there.

34,103 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1928, 201 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 13th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Eugene was 42. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Eugene had served 16.9 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

February holds 7.4% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Thursdays: 14%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,552 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Eugene among them.

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Where

Patrolman Eugene J. Keegan

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch February 9, 1928

Military Service

Eugene J. Keegan served in the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 25-E

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