Patrick J. McGovern
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Patrolman

Patrick J. McGovern

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch June 22, 1925
Age 35
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 2 mo
Badge 4336
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Patrick McGovern was shot and killed when armed robbers ambushed him at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Ainslie Street. He was assigned to escort a Pantheon Theater employee carrying cash receipts to a bank and was unaware that three armed offenders waited in a nearby parked automobile. As Patrolman McGovern and the citizen passed by, the offenders jumped from the car and opened fire. Patrolman McGovern was shot several times and died a short time later. No suspects were ever found guilty. Patrolman McGovern had served with the Chicago Police Department for over six years. He was survived by his parents, a brother who also served with the Chicago Police Department, and five sisters. Another brother was a fireman with the Chicago Fire Department and was killed in the line of duty fighting a fire on Canal Street.

Survivors

He was survived by his parents, a brother who also served with the Chicago Police Department, and five sisters.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman McGovern gave the Chicago Police Department 6 years.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman McGovern.

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

Agency

Type Police Department
Location Chicago, Cook County, IL
Platform Identity cpd.cook.il.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch June 22, 1925
Tour of Duty 6 yrs 2 mo
Age 35
Badge Number 4336
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Patrick is one of 15,743 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

33,917 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1925, 208 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 11th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Patrick was 35. Of the 14,220 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Patrick had served 6.2 years; the middle length of service was 6 years.

Age at death
Where he stood among them
Age by years of service
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When

June holds 8.1% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

By month
By day of the week
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How

Felonious deaths account for 57.1% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the most common cause. The weapon recorded was gun, in 22.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

Chicago Police Department has at least 120 officers remembered here, Patrick among them.

Across the years
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Where

Patrolman Patrick J. McGovern

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch June 22, 1925

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 31-E

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