Jeremiah E. O'Connell
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Patrolman

Jeremiah E. O'Connell

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch July 30, 1928
Age 38
Badge 1977
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Gender Male

Incident

Patrolman Jeremiah E. O'Connell was fatally shot at 12:05 am near the intersection of 34th Street and LaSalle Street while attempting to arrest a subject who had just robbed and fatally wounded a citizen. The man also wounded another officer before he himself was wounded and captured. He was held to the grand jury by a coroner's jury on two charges of murder and indicted. On March 20th, 1929, he was sentenced to death. He was executed in the electric chair on April 11th, 1929. Patrolman O'Connell was assigned to the 8th District and attached to the Detective Bureau, Squad 3-C.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Patrolman O'Connell served with the Chicago Police Department.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Patrolman O'Connell.

— 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 July 30, 1928
Age 38
Badge Number 1977
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Gun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Jeremiah 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 1928, 201 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 13th heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Jeremiah was 38. 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.

Age at death
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When

July holds 9.3% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Mondays: 13.8%.

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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
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His people

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

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Where

Patrolman Jeremiah E. O'Connell

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch July 30, 1928

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 10-W

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