Officer Michael J. Schiavina - Springfield, MA
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N 42° 06.228 W 072° 28.707
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Officer Michael J. Schiavina was shot and killed in the line of duty. His grave is locate in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 421 Tinkham Rd, Springfield, MA.
Waymark Code: WMW9K6
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2017
Views: 3
The grave of Officer Michael J. Schiavina is marked by a 5' tall polished black granite marker. The front of the marker has the images of a pair of Latin crosses, the emblem of the Springfield, MA Police Department, a Springfield police badge number 315 and the inscription:
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
OFFICER
MICHAEL J. SCHIAVINA
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY
NOV. 12, 1985
AGE 28 YEARS
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
SCHIAVINA
The back of the marker has the laser etched image of a race car and crossed racing flags and the inscription:
MICHAEL JOHN SCHIAVINA
SEPT. 25, 1957 - NOV. 12, 1985
HIS PARENTS
CAESAR A. SCHIAVINA
NOV. 25, 1929 - JAN. 23, 2001
ANNE M. MULLIGAN
JAN. 21, 1928 - MAR. 12, 2000
At 7:50 p.m. on the night of November 12, 1985, Officer Michael Schiavina and Officer Alain Beauregard stopped a vehicle on Stebbins Street in the city's Old Hill neighborhood. They approaching the vehicle that was occupied by the brothers Eddie and Juan Ortiz. Eddie fired at the officers hitting both. Michael J. Schiavina was hit in the chest and died at the scene. Alain Beauregard was hit in the head and died from his injury three days later.
The suspect Eddie Ortiz later committed suicide the next day as police closed in on him in an apartment in which he was hiding. Juan Ortiz was convicted for his part in shooting and sent to prison. He was been paroled from prison October 2014.
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