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Patrolman

Patrick J. Gallagher

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch April 14, 1931

Age 41

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Badge 4966

The Vigil Panel 61 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 570

Incident

Patrolman Patrick Gallagher of the Town Hall station died in the Lake View Hospital from bullet wounds he sustained while trying to quiet a noisy party in the Windsor-Wilson apartments at 915 Wilson Avenue. The tenant promised to quiet down, but as the policemen left, the noise began again and they returned to knock on the door. The tenant opened the door and fired two shots, one striking Patrolman Gallagher in the abdomen. The 59-year-old suspect, a retired millionaire grain broker, claimed his pistol went off accidentally. He was tried and acquitted on November 21st, 1931. Patrolman Gallagher was a United States Army WWI veteran and was assigned to the Town Hall Station. Patrolman Gallagher once received The Tribune Award for Police Heroes.

Survivors

He was survived by 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 Gallagher gave the Chicago Police Department 15 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 April 14, 1931

Tour of Duty 15 yrs

Age 41

Badge Number 4966

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Handgun

Military Service

Patrick J. Gallagher served in the the United States military before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Patrick J. Gallagher 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 97,759 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 97,759 officers

0% Felonious