Police Lieutenant Herman Ziebell

Police Lieutenant Herman Ziebell, 46, was shot and killed on September 30, 1946 behind a service station at the intersection of Des Plaines Avenue and Roosevelt Road when he and his partner interrupted a burglary in progress. The two suspects, later convicted of murder, fled as Lieutenant Ziebell's partner transported him to Oak Park Hospital. Lieutenant Ziebell was a twenty year veteran of the Forest Park Police Department at the time of his death.

Forest Park, Illinois · United States