William P. Fahey was a 34-year-old patrolman with the Chicago Police Department who was killed in the line of duty following a traffic stop on February 9, 1982. At about 2:00 PM at 81st Street and Morgan Street, Fahey and his partner, Patrolman Richard J. O’Brien, had stopped a car for running a red light after attending the funeral of another officer earlier that day.

As Fahey ordered the passenger out, a struggle over Fahey’s .357 Magnum revolver ended when the passenger, identified as Andrew Wilson, shot Fahey behind the left ear; Fahey died the next morning after suffering severe brain damage. O’Brien was also shot multiple times and died shortly after the incident. Andrew Wilson and his brother Jackie Wilson were arrested, convicted and initially sentenced to death; they later had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. Fahey had served 10 years with the department, left a wife and three children, received numerous commendations, and is memorialized by a bridge on Columbus Avenue over the Chicago River.

Did anyone in the community know Fahey or have information about his final patrol that could shed more light on the incident?