Gregory A. Hauser
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Police Officer

Gregory A. Hauser

Chicago Police Department — Chicago, IL
Felonious
End of Watch May 13, 1990
Age 43
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Badge 14680
Gender Male

Incident

Officer Gregory Hauser and Police Officer Raymond Kilroy were shot and killed when they responded to a domestic disturbance between a woman and her grandson at 2158 North Nordica Avenue.

As they talked to the grandson in a garage he suddenly grabbed one of the officers' weapons. The man then fired several shots, striking both Officer Hauser and Officer Kilroy.

The officers were partners until the end, having joined the Department together twenty years earlier.

Survivors

Officer Hauser is survived by his wife and three children.

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20 years. You could have gone home.
Police Officer Hauser gave the Chicago Police Department 20 years. Still answering calls at the end.
Thank you for your service to the Chicago community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Police Officer Hauser.

— 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 May 13, 1990
Tour of Duty 20 yrs
Age 43
Badge Number 14680
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Felonious
Weapon Officer's handgun

The Sacrifice · Felonious

Gregory is one of 15,742 officers killed feloniously in the United States, 57.1% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,102 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1990, 88 officers in the United States were killed feloniously, the 71st heaviest of 213 years on record. The heaviest was 1921, with 248.

Every year on record · United States
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Who

Gregory was 43. Of the 14,219 killed feloniously in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 31 and 47; the middle age was 38. Gregory had served 20 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

May holds 8% of these deaths in the United States; December holds the most, 9.4%. Sundays: 15.2%.

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 officer's handgun, in 5.8% of these deaths.

Every cause
Weapons recorded
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His people

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

Across the years
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Where

Police Officer Gregory A. Hauser

Chicago Police Department · End of Watch May 13, 1990

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 19-W

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