OAK PARK, Ill. — A police officer was fatally shot in suburban Chicago on Friday after responding to a report of a man leaving a bank with a gun.
Police officer killed in shooting and suspect wounded in suburban Chicago
A police officer was fatally shot in suburban Chicago on Friday after responding to a report of a man leaving a bank with a gun.
By The Associated Press
November 29, 2024 at 9:36PM
Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was shot once about 9:30 a.m. and later pronounced dead at a hospital, the police department said on its Facebook page.
The suspect was shot in the leg and was being treated at a hospital.
Reddins, of Chicago, had been with the police department since 2019.
Oak Park is west of Chicago.
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