This lion did answer, at the cost of his life.
The Murder of a Top Chicago Police Officer In a City of Violence
Overshadowed by the shocking massacre in Parkland, Fla., last week was a tragic loss in Chicago. Chicago Police Department Commander Paul Bauer, 53, commander of the city’s 18th District, was murdered on February 13 in broad daylight in the heart of the Loop by a four-time felon running away from a police tactical unit that had tried to question him about drug activity. Bauer, who headed up one of Chicago’s largest police districts, was about to enter a meeting with city aldermen when he heard on the radio about the fleeing suspect and saw a man matching the wanted’s description near the James R. Thompson Center state government building, which is located across the street from City Hall. Though no longer a beat cop, Bauer attempted to detain the suspect, Shomari Legghette. They struggled, fell down an outside stairwell at the Thompson Center, and then Legghette opened fire with a 9mm handgun with a an extended clip. Bauer was hit six times and died almost immediately.
As a senior police officer, Bauer did not have to pursue Legghette. But the married father of a 13-year-old daughter apparently never hesitated. As commander of the 18th District, he had publicly expressed frustration with the difficulty of getting hardened repeat offenders off Chicago’s streets. In tragic irony, Legghette, who had a decades-long criminal rap sheet that included four felony convictions, was just the kind of repeat criminal Bauer worked to lock up. Legghette, in addition to carrying the 9mm, was wearing a bullet-proof vest under his coat and had heroin, marijuana, and cocaine on him when arrested at the scene.
https://www.nationalreview.com/blog/corner/r-i-p-cmdr-paul-bauer/