Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Hamp T. McMikel was shot and killed during an armed robbery attempt at 4135 S. Lake Shore Drive. Sergeant McMikel was off duty and stopped his car to use a payphone at about 8:45 pm. When he stepped out of his vehicle, three armed men accosted him and attempted to rob him. Sergeant McMikel announced he was a police officer and drew his .38 revolver. Shots were exchanged and he was fatally wounded. A passing motorist saw Sergeant McMikel slumped beneath the phone and notified police. He was transported to Michael Reese Hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. One of the assailants was found wounded several hundred feet from the scene between a set of Illinois Central Gulf railroad tracks. Sergeant McMikel was assigned to the Kensington District.
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32 years. You could have gone home.
Sergeant McMikel gave the Chicago Police Department 32 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant McMikel.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Sergeant Hamp T. McMikel, Jr. 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 97,756 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. Hamp T. McMikel, Jr.'s cause is highlighted.
How Hamp T. McMikel, Jr. Compares
When Felonious Deaths Occur
Monthly distribution of Felonious deaths across the full memorial record. Hamp T. McMikel, Jr. is highlighted in Nov.
Weapons Used Against Officers
Most common weapons in felonious officer deaths. Hamp T. McMikel, Jr. was killed by shotgun.
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