Patrolman Patrick J. Redmond

Patrick J. Redmond

Officer Patrick Redmond was shot and killed during an armed robbery.

Officer Redmond was assigned to guard a payroll exchange. Four offenders entered and announced a robbery. Two of the offenders were armed with shotguns. As Officer Redmond confronted the gunmen to place them under arrest, one offender fired. Officer Redmond was struck by the shotgun blast and died.

Three weeks later one of the four was shot and killed while attempting to rob a bank in South Holland, Illinois. Another suspect was thought to be George "Baby Face" Nelson.