Vincent A. Gillespie

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Felonious Veteran

End of Watch December 1, 1927

Age 28

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

The Vigil Panel 54 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Department 570

Incident

Patrolman Vincent Gillespie succumbed to a gunshot wound sustained the previous day. He drove himself to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he told investigators that he had been shot after being approached by two men near the intersection of 31st Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. A coroner's jury determined that his murder occurred in the discharge of his duty as a police officer. Patrolman Gillespie was a United States Army veteran and served with the Chicago Police Department for over a year, assigned to District 2-A - Stanton detailed to Vice and Gambling detail.

Survivors

He was survived by his wife, father, five brothers, and one sister.

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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 Gillespie gave the Chicago Police Department 1 year.
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

Location Chicago, IL

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

Service Record

End of Watch December 1, 1927

Tour of Duty 1 yrs 2 mo

Age 28

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Gun; Unknown type

Offender Not available

Military Service

Vincent A. Gillespie served in the United States military before joining law enforcement. Full service record available on salute.nw.

Patrolman Vincent A. Gillespie is one of 17,623 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 54.2% of all 32,508 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 9.7 percentage points above the national rate of 54.2%.

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

17,623

of 32,508 officers

54.2% Felonious