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Edwin Shanahan

Case from Chicago, IL dated Oct 11, 1925

Victim Details

Edwin C. Shanahan

Male

White / Caucasian

Chicago

IL

1925-10-11

Edwin

Shanahan

07/18/2026

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Edwin C. Shanahan, a 27-year-old white male, was a Special Agent with the FBI and became the first FBI agent killed in the line of duty on October 11, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois. Shanahan was born in Chicago in 1898 and joined the Bureau in 1920. On the day of his death, Shanahan was attempting to apprehend Martin J. Durkin, a notorious car thief who had previously wounded four police officers to avoid capture.

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