On July 16, 1983, Auxiliary Sergeant Denis Patrick Foley Jr., a 50-year-old white male serving with the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, was fatally wounded during an ambush in rural Homer Township. At approximately 3:25 a.m., Sergeant Foley and Auxiliary Deputy Steven Mayer responded to what appeared to be a disabled vehicle at the intersection of 143rd Street and State Street. The deputies approached a pickup truck that was partially obstructing the road, its front bumper pressed agai
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