Willie Conley

How they died

Deadly force

An off-duty officer shot a man who allegedly tried to rob him at gunpoint outside the officer's South Side apartment building. According to police, the officer had just returned from the grocery store at around 8 p.m., when he was approached by two armed men. The officer drew his gun and fired several shots, striking one of the men as he ran from the scene, police said. The man collapsed nearby and later died.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Willie Conley, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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