Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Sunday, November 4, 1917
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 3704
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: November 4, 1917
Weapon Used: Handgun; Revolver
Suspect Info: Shot and killed
Officer Joseph O'Connor was shot and mortally wounded by a man he reprimanded for making insulting remarks to a woman he was walking with. Officer O'Connor managed to return fire mortally wounding the suspect. Both died in a hospital that night.