<P> In `` Start Digging '' , Hank is offered a meritorious promotion to Lieutenant by Commander Emma Crowley ( Barbara Eve Harris ) and the CPD brass as part of the new Chicago Police Superintendent 's reorganization of the department that includes getting officers like him off the streets . However , before Hank could either accept or decline the promotion , his son Justin was assaulted and later died of his injuries , causing Hank to go on a revenge mission using whatever means necessary to find Justin 's murderer . He takes the murderer to the silos , he makes him dig a hole and then kills him . </P>
<P> In `` Start Digging '' , Hank is offered a meritorious promotion to Lieutenant by Commander Emma Crowley ( Barbara Eve Harris ) and the CPD brass as part of the new Chicago Police Superintendent 's reorganization of the department that includes getting officers like him off the streets . However , before Hank could either accept or decline the promotion , his son Justin was assaulted and later died of his injuries , causing Hank to go on a revenge mission using whatever means necessary to find Justin 's murderer . He takes the murderer to the silos , he makes him dig a hole and then kills him . </P>
what episode does justin die in chicago pd
what episode does justin die in chicago pd
`` Start Digging ''
`` Start Digging ''