Patrolman Patrick E. O'Malley

Patrick E. O'Malley

Officer Patrick O'Malley was shot and mortally wounded during an armed robbery. Officer O'Malley observed four armed offenders enter a lounge on North Clark Street and announce a robbery. In a gun fight that resulted Officer O'Malley was hit three times, but was able to kill one suspect and wound another. The other two suspects escaped. Officer O'Malley succumbed to his wounds nine days later.

The other two suspects were eventually apprehended, convicted of Officer O'Malley's murder, and sentenced to prison. One was released March 8, 1960, when he was granted a new trial. The district attorney said there was not enough evidence to prosecute him. The shooter was executed in 1940.