Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Thursday, April 24, 1952
Age: 41
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 669
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: April 24, 1952
Weapon Used: Handgun; .45 caliber
Suspect Info: At large
Patrolman George J. Sperakos was shot and killed when he intervened in a robbery in a tavern at 1807 W. Division Street.
He fired five times in an exchange of shots with two of the three subjects before he collapsed with a bullet wound to the head. His killers were never apprehended.
Patrolman Sperakos is survived by his wife and daughter.