Patrolman
Frank Hershel Dunn Jr.
Hammond Police Department
Thursday, June 1, 1961

Age: 43
Served: 9 years, 9 months
Badge #: 112
Panel 46W, Line 2
Panel L8, Line 9

Incident Details

Cause of Death:
Gunfire
Date/Time of Incident:
Thursday, June 1, 1961
12:05 am
Incident to Death Duration:
Same day
Incident Location:
484 Willow Court, Hammond
Incident County:
Lake
Incident Township:
North
Weapon Used:
.38-caliber handgun
Suspect Disposition:
• Sentenced to life
• Charged
• Charged
Burial Place:
Chapel Lawn Memorial Gardens, Schererville

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   Patrolman Frank Dunn was shot and killed while walking his downtown beat.

   As he was checking local businesses, a man rounded a corner into a laundromat parking lot and for no apparent reason shot Patrolman Dunn four times in the chest. He was transported to St. Margaret Hospital where he died.

   A manhunt led to Chicago where the suspect and two of his brothers were arrested five days later after a sharp-eyed night clerk identified them as roomers at the hotel.

   All three suspects were extradited after the 25-year-old prime suspect confessed to killing Patrolman Dunn and disposing of the pistol he used in the Chicago River.

   He was later found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison in a change of venue to Porter County. His 26- and 27-year-old brothers were charged with harboring a fugitive.

   Patrolman Dunn was survived by his wife, parents, two sisters and three brothers.

Military Service


United States Army
World War II

Historic Place


The State Street Commerical Historic District consists of 28 contributing buildings dating to 1885 and is roughly bounded by State Street between Sohl and Bulletin avenues. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 17, 1999 and listed on the Indiana Register of Historic Sites and Structures on July 21, 1999.



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