Alderman Matt O'Shea asks residents to line procession from McGann Funeral home to St. Christina
Wednesday marks 37 year's he was hit by a drunk driver while he and other officers responded to a call.Fellow officers, family and community members gathered Wednesday for the funeral of Chicago Police Officer Jim Crowley , who was seriously hurt in a devastating car crash in 1987.Officer Crowley was paralyzed when a drunk driver slammed into a squad car he was in, killing Officer William Malcom Morrison , Jr. and injuring three other officers.
Officers carry in the body of former CPD Officer James Crowley for his funeral at St. Christina Church in Chicago.Alderman Matt O'Shea asked South Side residents to line the street as the motorcade will then travel to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery on 111th St, where he will be laid to rest. "Several of our local schools will have their student body out in front," Alderman O'Shea said. "It's important that the children show their respect."
Alderman O'Shea said Crowley grew up on the South Side, graduated from Mt. Carmel, and always wanted to be a police officer."He's home, and we're going to give him the proper sendoff and honor him," Alderman O'Shea said.Former Chicago police officer paralyzed in 1987 on-duty drunk-driver crash dies from injuries
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