Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch: Monday, June 22, 1925
Age:
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 4336
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: June 22, 1925
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Not available
Patrolman Patrick McGovern was shot and killed when he was ambushed by armed robbers at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Ainslie Street.
He was assigned to escort a Pantheon Theater employee carrying cash receipts to a bank and was unaware that three armed offenders waited in a nearby parked automobile. As Patrolman McGovern and the citizen passed by the offenders jumped from the car and opened fire. Patrolman McGovern was shot several times and died a short time later.