Memorial Roll Call Planned for Fallen Chicago Police Officer Brian Strouse

Chicago Police Officer Brian Strouse, who was killed in the line of duty

Chicago, IL -- The Chicago Police Memorial Foundation will be holding a memorial roll call for late CPD Officer Brian Strouse on the 15th anniversary of his death Thursday, June 30.

The Strouse family will be joined by the the late officer’s fellow officers and friends for a ceremony scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, at West 18th Place and South Loomis Avenue near where Officer Strouse was shot and killed in the line of duty.

Officer Strouse was working as a plainclothes gang tactical officer. On the afternoon of June 30, 2001, he went into an alley and shots began to ring out. Wearing a bulletproof vest and a police badge on his utility belt, Strouse yelled out, "Police, drop your gun." Five more shots continued until a fatal bullet struck Officer Strouse.

The other two officers ran toward the sound of the gunshots where they found Officer Strouse laying on the ground. He had been shot once in the chest and once in the head. The shot to the chest had been stopped by his vest. Officer Strouse was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his wounds approximately seven hours later.

Officer Strouse was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and had served with the Chicago Police Department for six years. During his career, he received 61 commendations and a life-saving award. He is survived by his parents and three sisters, one of whom is also a Chicago Police Officer.

Each year on the anniversary of Officer Strouse's death, a scholarship will be awarded to a son or daughter of a Chicago police officer. The Brian Strouse Memorial Scholarship was created by an anonymous donor in 2011.