Commander Paul Bauer shot

GUILTY: Hero cop murdered in stairwell by parolee
Trials

A jury in Chicago on Friday found a small-time drug dealer guilty of first-degree murder and armed violence for shooting a police commander to death in a downtown stairwell in 2018, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Shomari Legghette, 44, was wearing body armor when he shot Cmdr Paul Bauer, 53, seven times with a semi-automatic handgun. …

Chicago hero cop shot dead by felon in body armor
Murder
February 15, 2018

Chicago hero cop shot dead by felon in body armor

A 31-year veteran of the Chicago police department was killed on duty Tuesday afternoon by a parolee wearing a protective vest and armed with a semi-automatic weapon. According to the Chicago Tribune, Cmdr. Paul Bauer, 53, a beloved officer in the local community, was shot dead in a Thompson Center stairwell while working with a …