Chicago Police Officer Found Dead at Station in Apparent Suicide

A veteran Chicago police officer who was a month shy of his 26th anniversary on the force was found unresponsive at the Albany Park District station while on duty and later pronounced dead.

By William Lee

Source Chicago Tribune

Nov. 11, 2026

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A Chicago police officer was found unresponsive at the Albany Park (17th District) station while on duty and later died at a hospital.
Authorities identified the officer as Timothy Martin, 49, and said the death appears to be a suicide.
Martin joined the department in December 2000 and was about one month away from his 26th anniversary with the force.

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Timothy Martin, a 49-year-old Chicago police officer from the Edison Park neighborhood, died Tuesday after being discovered unresponsive inside a district station, according to police and the medical examiner.

A Chicago police officer was found dead Tuesday at an Albany Park police station in an apparent suicide, according to authorities.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office identified the officer as Timothy Martin, 49, of the Edison Park neighborhood. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.

Martin, whom Chicago police didn’t identify by name but said was on duty at the time, was found unresponsive at the Albany Park District (17th) station in the 4600 block of North Pulaski Road just before 12:20 p.m., police said in a statement.

He was rushed to Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 1:14 p.m., according to the medical examiner’s office. Police did not state the nature of the injury, but said it appeared to be a suicide.

Having joined the department in December 2000, Martin was about a month shy of his 26th anniversary as a Chicago police officer.

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