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Patrolman

Leroy Berry, Jr.

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL

Veteran → Felonious

End of Watch October 9, 1969

Age 27

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Badge 12789

The Vigil Panel 106 ›

Gender Male

Incident Service The Sacrifice Military Department 570

Incident

Patrolman Leroy Berry was shot and killed in the parking lot of St. Thaddeus Catholic Church at 9540 S. Harvard Avenue after stopping two suspicious men. He had placed the two in the back of his patrol car and was questioning them when one of them drew a weapon and opened fire, killing him. The two then stole his service weapon and badge before fleeing the scene. Both men were eventually arrested and charged in connection with Patrolman Berry's murder. Patrolman Berry was a United States Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department for three years.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents and four siblings.

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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 Berry gave the Chicago Police Department 3 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 October 9, 1969

Tour of Duty 3 yrs

Age 27

Badge Number 12789

Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious

Weapon Officer's handgun

Military Service

Leroy Berry, Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps before joining law enforcement.

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Patrolman Leroy Berry, Jr. 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 97,756 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 97,756 officers

0% Felonious