Patrolman William Holmes

William Holmes

Patrolman William Holmes was shot and killed near the intersection of 37th Street and Indiana Avenue while walking his beat with his partner on Christmas Eve.

He was searching for two gunmen who had just robbed a citizen. When Patrolman Holmes spotted the armed offenders on the street he attempted to place them under arrest. One gunman resisted, displayed a revolver, and fired. Patrolman Homes was struck and mortally wounded and his partner was also wounded. Other officers responded and killed the first suspect, however, the second suspect escaped.

On June 22nd, 1925, a man who had been involved in the murders of Lieutenant David Dunigan and Officer John Conrad of the Metropoitan Police Department, District of Columbia, and Deputy Sheriff Lawrence McParlin of the Charles County Sheriff's Office, Maryland, was hanged. Prior to being executed the man claimed to have committed 12 murders, including that of a policeman in Chicago, possibly Patrolman Holmes.

Patrolman Holmes had been assigned to 2A District and is buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois.