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Patrolman

Herman Stallworth

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch May 24, 1967

Age 28

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Badge 10965

The Vigil Panel 102 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 570

Incident

Patrolman Herman Stallworth died after being shot during a traffic stop. His partner was wounded in the incident. He and his partner stopped a vehicle at Cottage Grove Avenue and Marquette Road for speeding. There were two occupants, and neither had identification. As his partner radioed in the license number, he questioned the occupants. The driver opened fire, striking Patrolman Stallworth in the chest. Before the second officer could exit the squad car, he was also shot but was able to radio for help. Twenty units responded to the call for assistance, and the passenger was captured as he mingled with the crowd that had gathered around Officer Stallworth as he lay wounded in the street. The driver barricaded himself in an apartment in the 6400 block of South Maryland. He fired at police through the door but surrendered when he ran out of ammunition. Patrolman Stallworth was transported to Billings Hospital, where he died during surgery. Patrolman Stallworth's 24-year-old killer, a former basketball star at Iowa State University, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. In 1974, after the U.S. Supreme Court did away with the death penalty, his sentence was commuted to 100 to 300 years. Despite being denied parole more than 30 times, he was granted parole in 2021. Patrolman Stallworth was a U.S. Navy veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department for eight years. He received two honorable mentions and three department citations during his career.

Survivors

He is survived by his wife and four children.

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Tributes

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 Stallworth gave the Chicago Police Department 8 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

Department Chicago Police Department

Type Police Department

Location Chicago, Cook County, IL

Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch May 24, 1967

Tour of Duty 8 yrs

Age 28

Badge Number 10965

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Herman Stallworth served in the U.S. Navy (1947â1951) before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Herman Stallworth 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.

Chicago Police Department

396

of 571 officers

69.4% Felonious

IL — Statewide

842

of 1,318 officers

63.9% Felonious

Nationwide

of 97,772 officers

0% Felonious