Patrick Joseph McGann, Jr.

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Cardiac

End of Watch July 13, 1977

Age 54

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

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Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 570

Incident

Lieutenant Patrick McGann suffered a fatal heart attack shortly after responding to a burglary in progress call.

He had run to assist other officers arrest four subjects who were located at the scene. He was found slumped over the steering wheel of his patrol car at the intersection of 59th Street and California Avenue a short time later.

Lieutenant McGann had served with the Chicago Police Department for 25 years.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife and six children.

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Tributes

25 years. You could have gone home.
Lieutenant McGann gave the Chicago Police Department 25 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Lieutenant McGann.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Chicago Police Department

Location Chicago, IL

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

Service Record

End of Watch July 13, 1977

Tour of Duty 25 yrs

Age 54

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Cardiac

Lieutenant Patrick Joseph McGann, Jr. is one of 1,306 officers lost to cardiac events in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 4% of all 32,508 officers honored here.

In IL, 45 of 1,318 officers were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3.4% of this state's fallen. That is 0.6 percentage points below the national rate of 4%.

At Chicago Police Department, 17 of 571 officers on record were lost to cardiac events in the line of duty — 3% of this agency's fallen.

Chicago Police Department

of 571 officers

3% Cardiac

IL — Statewide

of 1,318 officers

3.4% Cardiac

Nationwide

1,306

of 32,508 officers

4% Cardiac