Officer Alain J.Y. Beauregard - Springfield, MA
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Officer Alain J.Y. Beauregard 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: WMW9K8
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/30/2017
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The grave of Officer Alain J.Y. Beauregard is marked by a 4' red granite marker. The front of the marker has the images of a crossed American and Canadian flags, the emblem of the Springfield, MA Police Department, a Springfield police badge number 277, and the inscription:
BEAUREGARD
ALAIN J.Y.
IT IS FAR BETTER TO DO SOMETHING THAN JUST SIT ON THE SIDELINES AND WATCH
A.J.Y.B.
The back of the marker has A Latin cross and the inscription:
SHOT IN THE LINE OF DUTY
NOV. 12, 1985
ALAIN J.Y. BEAUREGARD
FEB. 23, 1956 - NOV. 15, 1985
A horizontal ground level marker is inscribed:
ALAIN J.Y. BEAUREGARD
FEB. 23, 1956 ✝ NOV. 15, 1985
At 7:50 p.m. on the night of November 12, 1985, Officer Alain Beauregard and Officer Michael Schiavina 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. Alain Beauregard was hit in the head and died from his injury three days later. Michael J. Schiavina was hit in the chest and died at the scene.
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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