Michael Anthony Robbins was a 57-year-old Chicago Police Department officer wounded in an ambush on September 10, 1994, while he and his partner were investigating a gang-related shooting in the Grand Crossing District. As they patrolled the 6500 block of South Langley Avenue in an unmarked squad car, a 19-year-old assailant, Claude McGee, approached and opened fire. Robbins was struck 11 times in the chest, abdomen, arms, legs, and back; three bullets remained lodged in his heart. His partner, Patrolman Talmitch A. Jackson, was shot four times and survived after extensive treatment.

Robbins was taken to Cook County Hospital and underwent surgery, but the injuries left him on the Disability Pension Roll for the rest of his life. He continued to suffer complications and died on September 13, 2008; his death was attributed to the 1994 wounds. McGee, a parolee with a prior attempted murder conviction in Michigan, fled to Jackson, Mississippi, was captured, charged, and later convicted and sentenced to 120 years in prison.

Robbins’ case was cited publicly during the 1996 Democratic National Convention in connection with calls for stricter gun control, and his memory is honored by the Chicago Police Department and officer memorials. Does anyone have additional details about the 1994 investigation or the long-term medical effects Robbins endured?