Roll of Honor
Incident
Patrolman Jerry Murphy was shot and killed while responding to a burglary in progress call at 4049 W Jackson Boulevard. At approximately 4:30 p.m. two suspects were burglarizing an apartment when the occupant pressed an alarm to his brother’s apartment. The victim's brother called the police. As officers arrived the suspects inside opened fire on them. Patrolman Murphy entered the building through a rear window and went to the lobby where the armed suspects were now barricaded. Patrolman Murphy was shot and killed before he could return fire. Tear gas bombs forced one of the suspects upstairs where he tried to gain entry into an apartment by identifying himself as a police officer. The female occupant called down to a uniformed officer who instructed her to call the detective bureau and ask for reinforcements. Within minutes, several squads of backup officers arrived. They entered the lobby where they found Patrolman Murphy dead beside two of the gunmen. The third suspect shouted from the third floor that he would surrender and came down. He was arrested and indicted for the murder of Patrolman Murphy.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman Murphy served with the Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman Murphy.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Patrolman Jerry E. Murphy 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
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