Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Monday, July 30, 1928
Age: 38
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 1977
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: July 29, 1928
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1929
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.