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Patrolman

Miles Cunningham

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch September 22, 1933

Age 38

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Badge 1150

The Vigil Panel 67 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 570

Incident

Patrolman Miles Cunningham was shot and killed while investigating a car crash shortly after 12:15 am. Patrolman Cunningham and his partner were starting their beats and were standing at the southwest corner of S. Halsted Street and W. Adams Street when they observed the crash. Both officers ran toward a Hudson that had just collided with a Ford coupe at the intersection. Unknown to the two officers, the occupants of the Hudson had just robbed two Federal Reserve messengers moments before. Patrolman Cunningham approached the Hudson as his partner approached the Ford. As the occupants of the Hudson exited their vehicle, one of them opened fire on Patrolman Cunningham, killing him instantly. The man who fired the shots was a member of the Barker-Karpis Gang. The other occupants were additional gang members, including the two leaders. They carjacked another vehicle and fled. Patrolman Cunningham was a United States Army veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department, assigned to the 26th District. Survivors include his wife and two children. The Barker-Karpis Gang committed violent crimes throughout the American Midwest in the late 1920s and mid-1930s. Members and associates of the gang were responsible for the murders of more than ten law enforcement officers. Please click here to view all the law enforcement officers killed by the Barker-Karpis Gang.

Survivors

Survivors include his wife and two children.

In Our Keeping

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Last updated: August 2, 2026

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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 Cunningham gave the Chicago Police Department 9 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 September 22, 1933

Tour of Duty 9 yrs

Age 38

Badge Number 1150

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Rifle

Military Service

Miles Cunningham served in the U.S. Army before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Miles Cunningham 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