Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Tuesday, October 2, 2001
Age: 36
Tour of Duty: 11 years
Badge Number: 1760
Cause of Death: Duty related illness
Date of Incident: September 30, 2001
Weapon Used: Not available
Suspect Info: Not available
Sergeant Hector Silva died after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage while participating in a special operations physical agilities test at the Homan Square facility located at 3340 West Fillmore Street.
He had completed an exercise that involved running up two flights of stairs while carrying a 55-pound sandbag. He began to show symptoms of dizziness and a headache. He was taken to a local hospital where died three days later during surgery to remove the blood clot in his brain.
Sergeant Silva was an 11-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department. He is survived by his wife and two children.