Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 12, 1902
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 1852
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: August 12, 1902
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1904
Officer Charles Pennell and his partner, Officer Timothy Devine and were ambushed by gunfire when they were following two burglary suspects. Officer Devine returned fire, wounding one of the fleeing assailants.
There were six arrests after the murders. Another assailant who escaped was arrested after murdering Constable Harry F. Bierer in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on July 9, 1903. That killer confessed to the murder of Officer Pennell and Officer Devine before being hung in Pennsylvania on February 11, 1904.