Bio & Incident Details
Age: 35
Tour: 11 years
Badge # Not available
Cause: Gunfire
Incident Date: 4/18/1958
Weapon: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect: One apprehended
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Detective Roy Carney was slain in a gun battle with two assailants as he attempted to thwart an armed robbery at 160 E. Marquette Road.
Two men were sitting at the bar, drew guns and announced a robbery. One of the gunmen ushered Detective Carney and the patrons into a back room. The first gunman ordered Detective Carney to lie on the floor and moved to search him. Carney began to wrestle with the gunman who called to the second assailant. The second gunman ran in and fired two shots at Carney. One of the bullets struck him in the left temple. Carney was pronounced dead at St. Bernard's Hospital. One of the suspects was captured hours later.
In 1954 Carney was assigned to the robbery detail in the "little detective bureau" of the Woodlawn precinct. In that same year, he assisted in breaking up a gang responsible for some 200 cleaning store robberies.
Detective Carney is survived by his wife and two children. His father, Roy Carney, Sr. is a Chicago Police veteran of 23 years attached to the Prairie Avenue Station.
