Posted on 09/01/2015 11:54:37 AM PDT by Kartographer
A massive manhunt is underway in a suburb north of Chicago after a police officer was shot dead while on a routine patrol.
Three armed and dangerous suspects, two white and one black, are at large after the cop was gunned down in Fox Lake, Illinois, at around 8am.
Authorities confirmed the officer died at the scene. WGNTV says he was shot in the head.
The cop, who is yet to be identified but is reportedly a 32-year veteran of the department, was found in a marshy area stripped of his gun and other equipment.
FBI and US Marshals are part of the huge the search which covers a vast area near Route 21 - a major highway connecting Chicago, which is around 60 miles south.
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The guy with the rifle is violating the first three rules of fire arm safety.
That photo looks like a very unsafe situation.
Yup. That’s much better. I still question police dressing up like assaulting troopers. Kinda tends to make them even more of a target IMO.
“””If you had any idea how police SWAT teams are organized you would know how stupid your post is””””
We got a badass over here!
At least they mentioned skin tone.
Somebody is in a mood.
He let you be and jumped on me!
“”””two white guys and a black guy”””””
I see them now across my shop by the dyno machine. Two white guys and a black guy right there.
4th generation warfare.
And those two on the roof are idiots. Nothing like skylining yourselves to invite a shot. But then I suspect it was done for the cameras, not because they thought the attackers were in range.
Are you sure you don’t mean Route 12 that goes right through the center of Fox Lake? Route 59 is another road a little further west. Fox Lake is a small town on the Fox River, very quiet and nice south of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
They usually don’t have any crime in Fox Lake. They aren’t as jaded as big city police, just ordinary small-town guys.
Maybe they should check Bill Ayer’s house.
It still isn’t a suburb of Chicago. It’s way up there just south of the Wisconsin border, very rural.
Thanks. I heard about this story on the radio, and the first thing I thought about was FReepers knee-jerking about Chicago.
They just caught one of the three perps!
Rts 59 and 12 merge in Barrington and its two lanes through town. It’s a big bottleneck during the afternoon. There are train tracks all over that area, too. It runs through Fox Lake farther north.
Route 21 eventually merges to the south with Route 45 to become Manheim Rd, I believe. The author may be confused or have transposed the digits.
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Per CNN one suspect in custody.
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