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Incident
Sergeant Floyd A. Beardsley of the 9th District, was fatally shot at 2:15 p.m. on October 30, 1926, dying the next day, in front of 312 W. 116th Street by one of two automobile thieves whom he had a few moments before placed under arrest in a garage at that address. One thief escaped in an automobile and exchanged shots with a patrolman whome he wounded in the right hand. On December 7, 1926, the Coroner recommended the arrest of one thief as the principal and the second as an accessory. The later was taken in custody one block from the scene, the principal was brought back from Colorado on February 8, 1927.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Beardsley served with the Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Beardsley.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Sergeant Floyd A. Beardsley is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In IL, 842 of 1,318 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 63.9% of this state's fallen. That is 63.9 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Chicago Police Department, 396 of 571 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 69.4% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
How Felonious compares to all causes of officer death in the memorial record. Floyd A. Beardsley's cause is highlighted.
How Floyd A. Beardsley Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Floyd A. Beardsley is highlighted in Oct.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Floyd A. Beardsley was killed by handgun.
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