Posted on 08/01/2016 4:34:53 AM PDT by KeyLargo
CARBONDALE, IL -
A Carbondale police officer was last reported in serious condition after being shot late Sunday evening.
The Carbondale Police Department says around 11:38 p.m., officers were on patrol in the 700 block of North Robert A. Stalls Street when they determined gunshots were being fired.
While driving toward the source of the gunshots, they saw a tan four-door car driving away from the scene.
The officers started to pursue the tan car.
During the chase, a suspect fired several gunshots from the tan car.
The shots hit the police car and one of the officers inside.
The officer was taken to a local hospital and then transferred to a St.Louis area hospital.
He was last listed in serious condition.
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We have a POTUS who meets with BLM in OUR White House and thus by optics and a complete lack of support for law enforcement, condones the assassinations of police.
The last year of our Muslim King has been a long one already.
This is Southern Illinois, not East St. Louis. Except for Carbondale, we have more in common with Kentucky than Chicago.
“Except for Carbondale, we have more in common with Kentucky than Chicago.”
Don’t forget that lovely city at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi - Cairo (KAY-ro).
True dat.
Mostly from Chicago. (My roots are in Carbondale, well, right outside the city limits. My first business was in Makanda)
East St. Louis is the west side of Chicago without being able to escape to the Loop or Oak Park. A few years back literally the entire police force was arrested for corruption.
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Reward offered in Carbondale officer shooting
Vehicle found abandoned, torched
Carbondale Chief of Police Jeff Grubbs, along with representatives of the CPD, city of Carbondale, and Illinois State Police, addressed the public regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place late on Sunday.Shea LazanskyCarbondale Chief of Police Jeff Grubbs, along with representatives of the CPD, city of Carbondale, and Illinois State Police, addressed the public regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place late on Sunday. An officer was wounded by gunfire during a vehicle pursuit and was sent to a St. Louis hospital where he is stable, but in serious condition.
By SHEA LAZANSKY
Staff Writer
Posted Aug. 1, 2016 at 5:14 PM
A minimum $10,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the identity, arrest and conviction of suspects in an officer-involved shooting that took place in Carbondale.
Surrounded by city and law enforcement officials, Carbondale police Chief Jeff Grubbs offered the support of the CPD and more to the family of an officer severely wounded in the line of duty on Sunday evening.
Police detailed the events leading to the shooting in a press release sent on Monday. At 11:38 p.m., Sunday, two officers on patrol in the 700 block of North Robert A. Stalls Street responded to reports of gunshots fired in the area. The neighborhood was described as having “pockets” of criminal activity, but on the “smallest percentage” and not representative of the northeast area, or of Carbondale.
While driving toward the alleged source of the gunshots, officers saw a tan four-door Pontiac Grand Prix driving from the area at a high rate of speed. The officers gave chase, ultimately traveling north on North Marion Street, and east onto the 2400 block of Dillinger Road.
During the pursuit, at least one suspect in the Grand Prix fired several gunshots at officers, striking the police car in multiple spots including the windshield, and wounding one officer, which ended the pursuit. The report also stated that the CPD officers did not return fire during the chase.
The wounded officer, a 26-year-old male whose name is being withheld while the investigation continues, was taken to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, and later moved to the St. Louis area hospital for additional treatment. As of Monday afternoon, the officer, who has been with the department since 2013, was reported to be in serious, but stable condition.
The Pontiac Grand Prix was located by authorities on Dewmaine Road in Williamson County. It had been abandoned and “destroyed by fire.”
At the time of the press conference on Monday, Grubbs said, the suspects could only be described as two men. Grubbs did state that authorities have not ruled out the possibility of more people being inside the vehicle at the time of the incident.
Authorities are working “diligently” to provide more information, or possibly the identities of the suspects.
As is standard procedure, the investigation into the events of Sunday night is being led by the Illinois State Police. Since Sunday night, Grubbs said, numerous other agencies at the local, state and federal level have joined in the investigation.
Support from the public has been “overwhelming thus far,” Grubbs said. “Certainly, we’ve received a lot of messages … who are wanting us to know that they are thinking about us, the officer, and his family.”
Due to the large number of donations of food or support being offered to the CPD and the family of the officer, Grubbs asked to public to call the CPD to attempt to coordinate efforts in order to not overwhelm the department and make sure that all donations are used appropriately.
Read at: http://www.carmitimes.com/news/20160801/reward-offered-in-carbondale-officer-shooting
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