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Incident
Police Officer John Bartholomew was shot and killed by a robbery suspect at Chicago's Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital at approximately 10:50 a.m.
Around 9:00 a.m. Saturday morning, Officer Bartholomew and another officer transported a suspect accused of robbing a Family Dollar store to the Swedish hospital for observation. Nearly two hours later, the suspect obtained a gun and fired, striking both officers. The officers were taken to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where Officer Bartholomew was pronounced later that afternoon; the second officer suffered severe injuries.
The suspect fled the scene but was apprehended shortly afterward and is in custody.
Officer Bartholomew had served with the Chicago Police Department for 10 years, assigned to the Albany Park (17th) District.
Officer Bartholomew, a police officer should be remembered not by how he died but by how he lived! A brave man has left to secure a safe path for the rest of us to follow. Thank you for your 10-years of commitment to law enforcement, to your family, and the Chicago Police Department. Our country is a little less safe without you. Rest in Peace, Brother!
Survivors
Survivors include his wife and three children.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Police Officer Bartholomew gave the Chicago Police Department 10 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Bartholomew.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Police Officer John Bartholomew 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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