Bio & Incident Details
Age: 34
Tour: Not available
Badge # 3319
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 3/3/1979
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: Death sentence commuted
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Patrolman William P. Bosak and Patrolman Roger Van Schaik were shot killed in an ambush attack. Officers Bosak and Van Schaik were returning to their squad car when a motorist traveling in the opposite direction stopped along side them. Without warning, the assailant began firing at the officers.
The killer was apprehended, convicted of the murder and sentenced to death. On January 10, 2003, outgoing Governor George Ryan commuted the death sentences of all 167 Illinois death-row inmates, including the death sentence of Officer Bosak's murderer, as his last act in office.
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