CHICAGO (WLS) -- Fallen Chicago Police Officer Benjamin Perez honored with a memorial roll call.
On Monday, colleagues gathered on Benjamin Perez Street.
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The four year veteran was hit by a train while investigating drug sales on September 18, 2002.
On that day, Perez and his partner were standing on an embankment near a railroad trestle in the 2100 block of South Spaulding when a Metra train approached. Though the officers tried to get out of the way, officials believe the draft from the train sucked Perez into the side of one of the cars.
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In his four years with the Chicago Police Department he earned 16 honorable mentions.