On October 28, 1925, at 11:13 p.m., Sergeant Harry Gray and his officers went to Lloyd Ervin Austin Sr.'s apartment and asked if they could wait inside for Durkin. Austin gave permission and the officers stationed themselves in the 2nd floor rear apartment and awaited Durkin's arrival. In addition to the officers inside the apartment, several officers were stationed throughout the neighborhood. As Durkin arrived, accompanied by his girlfriend Elizabeth Grace "Betty" Andrews, Austin's niece, Sergeant Gray arrested him. However, a struggle between the two ensued. During the fight, Sergeant Michael Naughton pointed his shotgun at Durkin and as he pulled the trigger, Sergeant Gray fell against Durkin. His blast grazed Durkin’s left arm with the rest of the slugs going through a wall and into a closet where Austin was hiding. Austin was struck and mortally wounded. In retaliation for her uncle being shot, Betty Andrews produced a revolver and fired, fatally wounding Sergeant Gray. Durkin was also shot during the struggle, but was unhurt as he was wearing a bulletproof vest. Lloyd Austin was taken to a hospital where he died the next day. Sergeant Gray was taken to Mercy Hospital where his wife was already a patient. She sat at his bedside until he succumbed to his wounds five days later at 5:15 a.m. on November 2, 1925. Sergeant Gray’s last word were reported as, "O, if Naughton had only known how to use a shotgun, or if he had let me take it." Betty Andrews, who was the star witness against Durkin at his murder trial, was never tried for killing Gray. She died of
tuberculosis near
Oak Forest, Illinois on April 24, 1932. ==References==