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| Patrolman Charles Pennell
Chicago Police Department
Illinois
End of Watch: Tuesday, August 12, 1902 Biographical Info
Age: Not available
Tour of Duty: Not available
Badge Number: 1852 Incident Details
Cause of Death: Gunfire
Date of Incident: Tuesday, August 12, 1902
Weapon Used: Gun; Unknown type
Suspect Info: Executed in 1904 Officer Charles Pennell and his partner, Officer Timothy Devine and were ambushed by gunfire when they were following two burglary suspects. Officer Devine returned fire, wounding one of the fleeing assailants.
There were six arrests after the murders. Another assailant who escaped was arrested after murdering Constable Henry F. Bierer in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, on July 10, 1903. That killer confessed to the murder of Officer Pennell and Officer Devine before being hung in Pennsylvania on February 11, 1904. Related Line of Duty Deaths | |
