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FOX LAKE, Ill. (AP) —
Law enforcement officials broadened the hunt Wednesday for three suspects in the fatal shooting of a popular veteran police officer in a small northern Illinois community.
Lake County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Christopher Covelli said hundreds of officers were involved in the exhaustive search in Fox Lake following the killing of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz on Tuesday morning. But to no avail.
"That means we're not searching within that perimeter area anymore. The suspects were not within our perimeter," Covelli told The Associated Press Wednesday morning.
"We had over 400 police officers out here yesterday. We had over 45 canine units and numerous aircraft," he said, adding that officers would now conduct "saturation patrols" in a wider area.
Authorities from across the state and region joined the manhunt Tuesday in the village about 60 miles north of Chicago.
Some wore tactical gear and toted high-powered rifles. Officers took 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. Federal agencies, SWAT teams and 48 police dogs assisted in the manhunt, Covelli said.
Residents of the usually sleepy village were urged to stay indoors, and schools were on lockdown. In a statement late Tuesday, Covelli urged the community to reach out with tips and leads.
Covelli said Gliniewicz radioed in Tuesday morning to tell dispatchers he was chasing three men on foot. Communication with him was lost soon after. Covelli said backup officers found him injured with a gunshot wound and that he died soon after.
An emotional Fox Lake Mayor Donny Schmit described the slain officer as a personal friend, a three-decade member of the department and a father of four sons.
"We lost a family member," Schmit said of the 52-year-old officer known around town as "GI Joe." ''His commitment to the people of this community has been unmatched and will be dearly missed."
The area near the Wisconsin border area is popular for boating and other outdoor pursuits because of its forest preserves and a chain of lakes that partly encircles Fox Lake. Some longtime city dwellers move to the region for what is normally a quieter lifestyle.
Authorities urged residents to stay home while they searched for the suspects, two of them white and the other black.
Commuter train service was halted, and residents who wanted to take their dogs out to relieve themselves were told to stay inside, with the job of walking the pets handled by police officers.
Several schools were locked down Tuesday, and seven cancelled classes on Wednesday, Covelli said.
BALTIMORE (AP) —
Protesters demonstrated outside Baltimore Circuit Court on Wednesday morning as the first court hearing began Wednesday in the case of six police officers charged in the death of a black man who died a week after suffering a spinal cord injury while in custody.
Baltimore Circuit Judge Barry Williams began hearing arguments Wednesday on a motion to dismiss the charges due to prosecutorial misconduct. He limited the arguments to 15 minutes per side. Williams says he also will hear arguments on a motion for State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby to recuse herself due to what defense attorneys characterize as conflicts of interest.
Journalists and spectators filled most of the approximately 160 seats in the wood-paneled courtroom.
The defendants were not present. Mosby was in the courtroom but did not sit at the state's table with four assistant prosecutors.
Gray was a black man who died a week after suffering a critical spinal injury in custody. Charged in connection with his death are Officers Edward Nero, Garrett Miller, William Porter and Caesar Goodson, as well as Lt. Brian Rice and Sgt. Alicia White The 25-year-old Gray suffered a severe spinal cord injury on April 12 while in their custody. He died a week later.
RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) —
A New Jersey woman has used her obituary to make a final request to friends and family: Please don't vote for Hillary Rodham Clinton for president.
Elaine Fydrych's husband said Wednesday she was a registered Democrat and not "a political person."
But he said she grew to strongly dislike Clinton after the deadly 2012 attacks in Benghazi and believed Clinton's handling of the matter as secretary of state was "terrible."
A bipartisan report on the Benghazi attack spread blame among the State Department, the military and U.S. intelligence but didn't name Clinton.
Joe Fydrych, of Runnemede, said his 63-year-old wife told him a few weeks before she died Aug. 13 of her plan for her obituary. She told him it was up to him whether to include the line about Clinton, but he said he felt he had to honor his wife's wishes.
The last line of her obituary says: "Elaine requests, 'In lieu of flowers, please do not vote for Hillary Clinton.'"
Elaine Fydrych was an actress who performed in many local productions and loved to joke and laugh, her husband said.
"She wanted to go out with a punch, and I think she did that," Joe Fydrych said.