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Visitation Begins for Chicago Fire Captain as Investigation into Fatal Arson Continues

Captain David Meyer, a 28-year veteran firefighter, is being honored through community tributes and memorials while the suspect in his death remains in custody on murder and arson charges.

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Members of the Chicago Fire Department, the Chicago Police Department, family, friends and members of the community attend a wake , on April 28, 2025, at Malec & Sons Funeral Home for Capt. David Meyer, who died last week after responding to a West Side garage fire. Meyer was fatally injured when the garage collapsed after the fire was out. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
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Overview

  • Public visitation for Captain David Meyer is underway at Malec & Sons Funeral Home in Norwood Park, with his funeral service scheduled for Tuesday at St. John Brebeuf Church in Niles.
  • Meyer, 54, died in the line of duty on April 23 after a deliberately set trash-bin fire spread to a garage, which collapsed and fatally injured him.
  • Charles Green, 44, has been charged with first-degree murder and aggravated arson; investigators are also examining a pattern of recent trash-bin fires in the Austin neighborhood.
  • Community members, led by Alderman Jim Gardiner, have tied red ribbons along a three-mile stretch of North Milwaukee Avenue to honor Meyer, with pink ribbons displayed at the funeral home at the family’s request.
  • Meyer was commemorated earlier on Workers Memorial Day with his name added to a fallen firefighter memorial wall at the Union Stock Yard Gate.