{"id":15712,"date":"2014-09-03T17:20:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=15712"},"modified":"2019-07-11T17:32:13","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T21:32:13","slug":"steven-joseph-bechina-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=15712","title":{"rendered":"Steven Joseph Bechina, 47"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Chicago Police Sergeant Steven Bechina shot himself with his duty weapon on September 3, 2018.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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Chicago, IL\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chicago Police Sergeant Steven Joseph Bechina died of an apparent suicide while on-duty on Monday.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Bechina, 47, was found unresponsive in his patrol vehicle in the 0-100 block of North Des Plaines Street at 3:46 p.m.,\u00a0WMAQ<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

He was rushed to by ambulance to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in critical condition, where he was later pronounced dead, the\u00a0New York Post<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

\u201cDevastating news as an on duty #ChicagoPolice officer has taken his own life this evening,\u201d\u00a0Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi tweeted on Monday.\u00a0\u201cThe supervisor in our mass transit section was discovered unresponsive by fellow officers. Our hearts are heavy and deepest condolences are with his family and fellow officers tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sgt. Bechina shot himself using is duty weapon, Guglielmi told the New York Post on Monday.<\/p>\n

He would have celebrated his 25th anniversary with Chicago Police Department in December, the agency told Blue Lives Matter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Sgt. Bechina leaves behind two sons, Marty and Luke, according to a\u00a0fundraising page<\/a>\u00a0established to assist his children in the wake of his death.<\/p>\n

His wife, Lori, is also a Chicago police officer, Marty told the\u00a0Collegiate Baseball Newspaper<\/a>\u00a0in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey try to keep most of the stories away from me because they don\u2019t want to worry me,\u201d\u00a0Marty explained at the time.\u00a0\u201cMy mom has always got some crazy stuff going on being an undercover officer. And so does my dad. I am extremely proud of both of them. I know they have gone through a lot over the years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Chicago Police Sergeant Steven Joseph Bechina, both blood and blue. Thank you for your service.<\/p>\n

Rest easy, hero. We\u2019ll hold the line from here.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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He was the loving husband of Lori, nee Glynn; Devoted father of Marty and Luke; Cherished son of Noreen and the late John; Beloved brother of Kim (Jim) Galbraith; Dear uncle, coach, and friend to many.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hero Down: Chicago PD Sgt. Steven Bechina Fatally Shot Himself In Patrol Car<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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Add your loved one to the wall<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Chicago Police Sergeant Steven Bechina shot himself with his duty weapon on September 3, 2018. Chicago, IL\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Chicago Police Sergeant Steven Joseph Bechina died of an apparent suicide while on-duty on Monday. Sgt. Bechina, 47, was found unresponsive in his patrol vehicle in the 0-100 block of North Des Plaines Street …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memorial-wall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}