Officer John Riley McNett

John Riley McNett

Officer John McNett and Constable Joseph Grant were shot and killed while transporting three burglary suspects to jail.

While the officers escorted the suspects, the men shot and killed both officers.

In 1899 a convict in Minnesota confessed to killing Officer Helms of Kansas, Officers Grant and McNett of Illinois, a woman in Geneva, Illinois and shooting a policeman in Guide Rock, Nebraska.

Officer McNett had served with the Geneva Police Department for two years. He was survived by his wife and child.