PATRICK GILL
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Officer Rank: Chief of Detectives
Memorial Panel: 30-E: 10
Department: East St. Louis, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: September 6, 1908
Cause: SHOT
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Description: Chief of Detectives Gill was shot and killed while attempting to arrest burglars. Chief Gill and two other officers responded to a call of burglars at a residence. When the officers arrived the burglars shot Chief Gill in the head and wounded a fellow officer. Chief Gill died of his wounds three days later, but the other officer survived. The burglars escaped from the scene of the crime.
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