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CHICAGO
POLICE
STAR
VOLUME X, NUMBER 12 DECEMBER
Richard J. Daley
Mayor
James B. Conlisk, Jr.
Superintendent of Police
Francis J. Sullivan
Director of Public Information.
J. Marshall Curry, Editor; Denise Doorley,
Assistant Editor; D. Talimonchuk, Artist;
Ptlmn. James Miller, Superintendent's
Office Blue Light Ccrordinator. Pictures
by Graphic Arts photographers. Names of
Unit reporters in Blue Light section.
Ptlmn. Bud Hurley and his seven chil·
dren stop in the Civic Center during their
Christmas tour of the Loop. Cover photo
by Cleo Lyles, Graphic Arts.
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Ptlm n . John J . Gilhooley, Jr. * 3 7 02
Ptlm n. F rancis G . Rappaport * 12256
On November 13, in the early morning hours, 2nd District
Ptlmn. John J. Gilhooley, Jr. and his partner Ptlmn.
Michael Brady were assigned to investigate a complaint of
a man with a gun on the street. A fter questioning the complainant
in her apartment, the two officers began searching
the immediate area for the suspects. A s the officers went
through a gangway, both were shot. Ptlmn. Gilhooley died
from his wounds the following day.
A second officer, Ptlmn. Francis G. Rappaport, was shot
to death while he and two other officers were searching the
area for the same suspects.
Ptlmn. Gilhooley, 21, joined the Ptlmn. Rappaport, 32, joined the
Department in September 1968. 'Department in April 1966. He at­
He attended Calumet High School
and served three years in the U.S.
Navy, from 1965 to 1968.
The officer earned four Honorable
Mentions during his 13 months
on the Force.
Ptlmn. Gilhooley, who was engaged
to be married, leaves his
father, a brother and a sister.
tended Hirsch High School and
served three years in the U.S.
Army, from 1954 to 1957.
The officer earned three Honor­
able Mentions during his three and
one-half years on the Force.
Ptlmn. Rappaport leaves his wife
Constance, two daughters, Susan
and Patricia, and a son Michael.