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Wauconda officers cleared in fatal shooting | |
April 21, 2014 "TWO WAUCONDA POLICE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN CLEARED IN AN APRIL 7 SHOOTING THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD, AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCED MONDAY. THE OFFICERS WERE JUSTIFIED IN USING DEADLY FORCE BECAUSE THE MAN THEY SHOT, JOHN T. NIGHTINGALE, WAS POINTING A LOADED HANDGUN AT THEM AND REFUSED TO DROP THE WEAPON, SAID GEORGE FILENKO, COMMANDER OF THE LAKE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES TASK FORCE." Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140421/news/140429802/ |