MICHAEL W RIDGES
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Officer Rank: Police Officer
Memorial Panel: 40-E: 9
Department: Cook County, Illinois, S.O.
End of Watch: October 17, 1985
Cause: SHOT
Age: Unk
Years of Service: 5
Description: Officer Ridges was reviewing a series of vandalism incidents that occurred around a Prospect Heights home. Officer Ridges noticed a car with three men inside who closely matched the physical descriptions of the offenders in the case. Officer Ridges radioed the department with the basic description of the vehicle and its occupants prior to curbing the car. While Officer Ridges was checking their identities, one man drew a concealed gun and shot Officer Ridges once in the head and once in the hand, fatally wounding him. The offenders were caught a short time later. It was later revealed that the three men were en route to commit a contract murder at the Prospect Heights home where Officer Ridges was investigating the vandalism incidents. One of the offenders confessed to police he was prepared to kill everyone present in the intended victim's home.
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