Illinois police officer in critical condition after being wounded while responding to a fatal shooting

A confederate Illinois constabulary officer was successful captious but unchangeable information Monday a time aft being wounded while responding to a study of a man changeable to death, authorities said.

The suspect, identified by authorities arsenic 40-year-old Reginald O. Allen, was recovered dormant Sunday nighttime from a self-inflicted gunshot coiled successful his car shed successful Dupo, a organization a fewer miles southbound of St. Louis, Missouri.

The sanction of nan 49-year-old Dupo officer, a 12-year-veteran, was not released astatine nan petition of his family. He was changeable successful a shoulder.

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"The result looks good. He’s looking astatine much surgeries down nan road," Dupo Police Chief Dennis Plew said.

An Illinois serviceman was wounded while responding to a fatal shooting connected Monday. The serviceman is successful captious but unchangeable condition.

The serviceman was responding to nan fatal shooting of Darryl T. Mantz, 46, of Belleville.

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Investigators said Allen utilized an AR-15 firearm to sprout himself and Mantz.

Investigators said it wasn't instantly clear why Allen changeable Mantz, but constabulary said nan 2 had worked together successful location remodeling and construction.

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"They knew each other," said Master Sgt. Brad Clossen, main of investigations for nan St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department. "They worked together. It is still undetermined from our investigation what nan motive was."