Overview
- Chicago police, families, and supporters marched on Michigan Avenue in the annual St. Jude memorial to honor 608 fallen officers, including John Bartholomew.
- The St. Jude Police Memorial March is a long‑running Chicago tradition that publicly remembers officers killed in the line of duty.
- Bartholomew was killed after a man he had taken into custody allegedly pulled a gun during treatment at Endeavor Swedish Hospital.
- Superintendent Larry Snelling called Bartholomew a devoted husband and father and said officers keep working despite constant risk.
- Officials said Officer Crespo, who was also shot in the hospital incident, has shown medical improvement and remains hospitalized, and services for Bartholomew are set this week at St. Andrews Greek Orthodox Church.