Chicago Police Department, Illinois
End of Watch Monday, April 14, 1969
Add to My HeroesJerome A. Stubig
Detective Jerome A. Stubig and Sergeant James Schaffer were killed near the beginning of a rampage by a berserk gunman.
Sergeant Schaffer and Detective Stubig were the first to arrive at the scene where two fellow officers had been shot. Six policemen and two civilians were also injured in the six-hour gun battle between a former marine, and hundreds of heavily armed police at 9521 South Exchange Avenue.
The explosion from a bomb thrown at the two officers by the suspect first injured both men. As they laid injured, the suspect emptied his carbine into both men, killing them.
The incident began when two detectives knocked on the suspect’s door and announced they were police officers. They were there to investigate a series of bombings. He answered the knock with gunfire.
The suspect surrendered to Police Superintendent James Rochford at 9:00 p.m. that evening. The bomb squad defused 40 bombs in his home.
Two weeks earlier the 43-year-old suspect set off a bomb in a department store killing a woman and injuring several more shoppers. A week later a bomb exploded in a railroad yard killing a man. The suspect was adjudged insane and sent to Chester Mental Hospital in Menard.
Detective Stubig was a signal lineman in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, three sons and three daughters.
Bio
- Age 40
- Tour Not available
- Badge 9127
- Military Veteran
Incident Details
- Cause Gunfire
- Weapon Rifle; .32 caliber carbine
- Offender Committed
Most Recent Reflection
View all 17 ReflectionsDet. Stubig,
On today, the 50th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice-not just for your Community but for our Country as well when you served with the U.S. Army during the Korean War. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.
BPA Mike Casey
United States Border Patrol
El Paso Station
April 14, 2019
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