Bio & Incident Details
Age: 36
Tour: Not available
Badge # 1544
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 9/16/1928
Weapon: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect: Sentenced to 30 years
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Patrolman James J. O'Brien was shot to death at 1:45 A.M. at the southwest corner of 62nd and Halsted Streets by an auto thief who was also wounded by O'Brien's partner. Although wounded, he escaped but was captured the same day in a doctor's office in Oak Lawn where he went for medical aid.
On September 17, 1928 he was held by the Coroner to the Grand Jury which indicted him for murder. The suspect was convicted of Patrolman O'Brien's murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison on January 25, 1929.
Patrolman O'Brien was assigned to the 15th District. He was survived by his wife and five children.
