Lake County, IL – Police with helicopters, dogs and armed with rifles were conducting a massive manhunt in northern Illinois Tuesday after an officer was shot and killed while pursuing a group of suspicious men.
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The officer, who has not been identified publicly, radioed in to tell dispatchers he was chasing three men on foot in the city of Fox Lake, 55 miles north of Chicago. Communication with him was lost soon after, said Lake County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli.
“His backup arrived shortly thereafter and found him injured with a gunshot wound,” Covelli said. “The officer has succumbed to his injuries and passed away.”
Undersheriff Raymond Rose told the Chicago Tribune that the officer had also been stripped of his gun and other equipment.
Police and other law enforcement, some of them in military-style camouflage, were seen taking up positions on rooftops and along railroad tracks, scanning the terrain with rifle scopes and binoculars. Others leaned out of helicopters with weapons at the ready.
Nearby Grant Community High School was placed on hard lockdown with children and staff instructed to say hidden and away from windows.
“Grant continues to remain in a lockdown situation at the direction of the Fox Lake Police Department,” the school said in an update on its website.
It said all students and staff were safe, with administrators going from room to room.
Authorities in Fox Lake have notified a number of other law enforcement agencies to ask for assistance, including the FBI, which is sending agents to help in the investigation. Cara Smith, chief strategist for the Cook County Sheriff’s Department, said two bloodhounds from the department were taken to the heavily wooded county to assist in the search.
The Obama hateful machine has caused this distructioin the country. They have fueled the fires of hatred, this is precisely what they want.
Obama has created open season on white police officers which will eventually bring a race war.
Is it getting crazier in America, or am I just dreaming. Shooting people left and right, shooting police officers, it seems totally crazy there.
1 and 2 you are on the money we are heading for civil war, as jews we need to be ready to protect ourselves because when it does happen no one will be there to protect us .
#1 and #2 , Relax!! It seems this police officer was chasing some people and they killed him to escape. What does Obama have to do with this?
Look, the cops shoot and kill about 960 civilians each year. 115 cops die each year. Most of those fatalities are the results of heart attacks, motor vehicle accidents, falls, etc; very few of those deaths (less than 40 are the result of being shot to death). On the other hand, over 18,000 civilians in the USA die by gunfire each year, including accidents, suicides, and homicides. Hmicides against cops have been going on for over 150 years. Law enforcement is not a safe profession. However, there are other professions which are even more dangerous (i.e. coal miners). Therefore, the news media should stop reporting that these actions are an “epidemic against cops”.
BDE, RIP Officer. So very sad for America, their families and the world.