THOMAS LYNCH
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Officer Rank: Sergeant
Memorial Panel: 27-E: 15
Department: Chicago, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: November 23, 1927
Cause: SHOT
Age: 43
Years of Service: Unk
Description: Sergeant Lynch was accidentally shot and killed by a fellow officer during a high speed chase while pursuing gangsters. The squad car skidded on a turn and caused a fellow officer's gun to discharge in his revolver, which sent a bullet into Sergeant Lynch's head.
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