THOMPSON RICHARDSON
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Officer Rank: Patrolman
Memorial Panel: 9-W: 10
Department: Aurora, Illinois, P.D.
End of Watch: April 18, 1928
Cause: SHOT
Age: 27
Years of Service: 6
Description: Patrolman Richardson died three days after being shot while escorting two young male suspects to the police station for questioning. The suspects had driven to Aurora after stealing a car in Bloomington, Illinois. After getting a flat tire, they abandoned that car and stole another car. When the vehicle's owner spotted the car, Patrolman Richardson was sent to investigate. The car was located near the post office where Patrolman Richardson waited for the suspects and upon their return, he confronted them. As he walked the suspects to the police station and despite searching them, one of them pulled a .25 caliber pistol from his coat pocket and shot Patrolman Richardson in the abdomen, causing him to let go of both suspects. Seriously wounded, Patrolman Richardson shoots twice hitting one of the suspects and drags him into the station before collapsing. The other suspect escaped on foot, but was arrested at his Bloomington home three days later.
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