Death by Cop 2022-2024
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Name Not Disclosed 2 of 2
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 06/11/2022
Location : 4th + Euclid
City : Aurora
County : Kane
State : Illinois
Agency : Aurora PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police during police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased a vehicle until it crashed, killing 2 people.
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Not Disclosed 1 of 2
Age :52
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 06/11/2022
Location : 4th + Euclid
City : Aurora
County : Kane
State : Illinois
Agency : Aurora PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police chased a vehicle until it crashed, killing 2 people.
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Edward Samaan
Age :28
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 06/03/2022
Location : Bond St + McDowell Rd
City : Naperville
County : DuPage
State : Illinois
Agency : Naperville PD
Officer(s) : Frank Tonkovich
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Play conducted a traffic stop on a different motorist when Edward Samaan pulled up and allegedly got out of the vehicle with an asked to attack police. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://abc7chicago.com/naperville-news-today-police-scanner-breaking-activity/11923191/
https://abc7chicago.com/naperville-shooting-police-news-edward-samaan/11959185/
Bradley Tompkins
Age :51
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/28/2022
Location : 610 N Bell School Road
City : Rockford
County : Winnebago
State : Illinois
Agency : Rockford PD, Winnebago County SO
Officer(s) : Dion Embrey, Jordan Black, Giorgi Arbisi
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during "man with weapon" call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Rockford PD and Winnebago County deputies were sent to a call about a man with a gun. They found him and state that he fired a shot in the air and then pointed a gun at them. Police shot and killed Bradley Tompkins.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.wifr.com/2022/06/30/man-involved-rockford-casino-shooting-dies-injuries/
rrstar.com/story/news/2022/06/30/man-shot-police-outside-rockford-casino-may-dies/7783328001/
Randy Edward DeGroot
Age :65
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/13/2022
Location : Unknown
City : Springfield
County : Menard
State : Illinois
Agency : Springfield Police Department
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Driverkilled by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Randy DeGroot, a 65-year-old man from Springfield died near Pleasant Plains after a car chase crash involving a Menard County Sheriff's Deputy on May 13, 2022. After a chase over unpaid traffic tickets, DeGroot then crashed near the intersection of Yankeetown Road and Tomlin Road in Sangamon County. He died on the scene and no officers were injured.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/driver-dies-after-car-crash-and-a-police-pursuit
Gregory Walker
Age :65
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 05/10/2022
Location : 275 S Weber Rd
City : Romeoville
County : Will
State : Illinois
Agency : Will County SO
Officer(s) : Sheriff Mike Kelly, Sgt. John Allen
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during investigation
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Will County deputies responded to a call about a man allegedly holding hostages in a bank. Please arrived and claim that when he came outside, they shot and killed him. A lawsuit was filed alleging that he had been on armed at the time shooting. Will County Sheriff's Lt. John Allen, the sniper who fatally shot a 65-year-old Crest Hill man surrendering to police and walking out of the Fifth Third Bank on Weber Road one year ago, according to the lawsuit.
The bank's video surveillance footage of the Will County Sheriff's sniper shooting Walker has been withheld from release at the request of Will County's prosecutors, according to court records.
At no point during the past year has Glasgow's office or the Illinois State Police revealed the reason why the Will County Sheriff's sniper shot Walker in the first place. More than 2 years after the killing, police still reuse to release the bodycam videos.
"At the time he approached the exit, Mr. Walker’s hands were raised in the air, demonstrating that he was not in possession of any weapon," Evanston attorney Ian Barney outlined in February's federal lawsuit on behalf of Walker's sister, Brenda Nash-Milton. "At this time, Deputy John Allen discharged his firearm, striking Mr. Walker in the chest with a bullet. As our lawsuit alleges, Mr. Walker was a Black man shot dead by a white officer without any justification," Barney previously informed Patch. "We believe the video will clearly prove this.
On Wednesday, Melaney Arnold, chief public information officer with Illinois State Police, notified Joliet Patch that "the Illinois State Police completed its investigation of this matter and submitted it to the Will County State's Attorney's Office on July 18, 2022. Their review is active and ongoing. The Will County State's Attorney's Office has not authorized release of any video at this time."
In April, Barney, the plaintiff's lawyer, served a subpoena on the Illinois State Police for the records of the Illinois State Police pertaining to Walker's shooting at the Romeoville bank.
According to court records, Illinois State Police legal counsel Amelia Finch advised the plaintiff’s counsel that ISP would not produce documents at this time "due to the ongoing nature of Agent Jakubisin’s investigation. On that same date, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Compel the production of documents. The motion should be denied, and the subpoena should be quashed, because the law enforcement investigative privilege applies to the documents sought and ISP therefore should not be compelled to produce these documents at this time. According to the Illinois State Police's lawyer, "ISP does not object to the disclosure of documents once the investigation has concluded and the Will County State’s Attorney determines whether to file charges. However, as further explained in the attached declaration of Special Agent Jakubisin and letter from Assistant State’s Attorney Peter Wilkes ... the investigation is still ongoing and witnesses still need to be interviewed or potentially re-interviewed."
In late April, attorney Hal Dworkin, an assistant attorney general for Kwame Raoul, filed a four-page motion, urging the judge not to release any of the Illinois State Police records surrounding the May 10, 2022, sheriff's deputy bank shooting.
"This matter arises from the shooting death of Gregory Walker allegedly by Will County Sheriff’s Deputy John Allen," Dworkin wrote. "Illinois State Police Special Investigator Nicholas Jakubisin has been investigating this matter. Presently, Agent Jakubisin has been working with the State’s Attorney of Will County to assist the Will County State’s Attorney in determining whether to file criminal charges.
"The motion should be denied, and the subpoena should be quashed, because the law enforcement investigative privilege applies to the documents sought and ISP therefore should not be compelled to produce these documents at this time."
Lt. Allen's Lawyer Seeks Delay In Civil Lawsuit
Meanwhile, a lawyer for the Will County Sheriff's lieutenant has asked the federal court to delay proceedings in the federal lawsuit "until the Illinois State Police concludes its criminal investigation and the Will County State’s Attorney and/or other prosecutor renders a decision whether to initiate criminal prosecution against Lt. Allen related to his actions during the subject incident involving the decedent, Gregory Walker," court files show.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://patch.com/illinois/romeoville/will-co-sheriffs-sniper-killed-man-65-who-surrendered-lawsuit
https://abc7chicago.com/amp/fifth-third-bank-romeoville-gregory-walker-crest-hill/11846992/
https://www.wjol.com/crest-hill-man-killed-by-swat-officer-in-romeoville-identified-upd/
Name Not Disclosed 2 of 2
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/02/2022
Location : Little Calumet River at 127th Street and Indiana Avenue
City : Ingham County
County : Ingham
State : Illinois
Agency : Indiana State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Drowning
Event : Drowned during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Indiana State Police District Chicago Troopers located a beige 2020 Rolls-Royce Phantom that was stolen during a carjacking in Chicago. Troopers chased the Rolls-Royce to 173rd Street and Torrence Avenue in Lansing, where the car was parked. Troopers called in a marine unit but two of the men had died in the meantime by drowning.
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Name Not Disclosed 1 of 2
Age :
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 05/02/2022
Location : Little Calumet River at 127th St+ Indiana Ave
City : Ingham County
County : Ingham
State : Illinois
Agency : Indiana State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Drowning
Event : Drowned during police chase
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
The Indiana State Police District Chicago Troopers located a beige 2020 Rolls-Royce Phantom that was stolen during a carjacking in Chicago. Troopers chased the Rolls-Royce to 173rd Street and Torrence Avenue in Lansing, where the car was parked. Troopers called in a marine unit but two of the men had died in the meantime by drowning.
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Adam Shreve
Age :39
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 05/01/2022
Location : 2000 block of North Ave
City : Waukegan
County : Lake
State : Illinois
Agency : Waukegan PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by his wife, a Waukegan police officer
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
From the family’s GoFundMe: “Hello, my name is Mike Shreve. My brother Adam Shreve was tragically killed by his wife, who is a 19-year veteran of the police force and forensic investigator, in the community where the killing occurred. Our family is completely devastated and wants justice for our loved one. so far the investigation is looking like a coverup because of the killers status within the Waukegan police department . My brothers killer is yet to be processed or arrested, and she is instead being treated as a victim. Adam Shreve was a kind, loving, respectful man and there must be justice. We are raising money to help pay for funeral costs and justice for my brother.”
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.gofundme.com/f/justice-for-my-brother-adam-shreve
https://www.newsweek.com/off-duty-police-officer-fatally-shoots-husband-1702845
https://patch.com/illinois/lakeforest/duty-police-officer-fatally-shoots-husband-their-waukegan-home
DeAndre Stribling 2 of 2
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/26/2022
Location : Little Calumet River
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Illinois State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Illinois State Police and Chicago police chased a white Rolls-Royce involved in an armed carjacking. Police chased the fleeing vehicle until it landed in a river on the far south side. Two men drowned.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/4/30/23050156/state-police-lansing-bishop-ford
Marcus J. Lee 1 of 2
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 04/26/2022
Location : Little Calumet River
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Illinois State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Vehicle
Event : Killed by police chase crash
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Illinois State Police and Chicago police chased a white Rolls-Royce involved in an armed carjacking. Police chased the fleeing vehicle until it landed in a river on the far south side. Two men drowned.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/4/30/23050156/state-police-lansing-bishop-ford
Ketura Wilson
Age :21
Gender :Female
Race : Black
Date : 04/03/2022
Location : 6000 block of 159th St
City : Oak Forest
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Oak Forest PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during traffic stop
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Oak Forest police were sent to a traffic collision and found Ketura Wilson exiting with a weapon. Police chased him to a store and engage in a shootout with him. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://abc7chicago.com/shooting-in-oak-forest-il-active-shooter-police-department/11706043/
https://abc7chicago.com/shooting-in-oak-forest-il-ketura-wilson-police/11709411/
Frank Campbell
Age :58
Gender :Male
Race : Unknown
Date : 04/03/2022
Location : 4200 block of W Ford City Dr
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Chicago PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Chicago PD were sent to a domestic violence call in which a woman was reportedly shot. Officers arrived, and a man locked himself inside of the residence. Police entered, and engaged in a shootout and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://www.chicagocopa.org/case/2022-0001369/
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-violence-weekend-police/11708110/
https://abc7chicago.com/ford-city-shooting-chicago-police/11706171/
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/4/3/23009110/ford-city-mall-police-shooting
Adam Cobb
Age :32
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 04/02/2022
Location : E 800 North Rd
City : Pana
County : Christian
State : Illinois
Agency : Illinois State Police
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after homicides
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
During a 911 call, police heard gunshots and arrived at a residence to find two women and a dog shot to death. Police felt Adam Cobb had been the shooter and found his vehicle later on a highway. Officers try to stop him and finally used Stop sticks, disabling the vehicle. After he stopped, officers claim that he pointed a gun. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/isp-starts-investigation-into-police-involved-shooting
https://khqa.com/news/local/dramatic-video-released-of-isp-trooper-shooting-double-homicide-suspect
Jose DeJesus Hernandez
Age :40
Gender :Male
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 03/14/2022
Location : 19747 NE Frontage Rd
City : Shorewood
County : Will
State : Illinois
Agency : Shorewood PD
Officer(s) : Alan Criscione
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after false 911 call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
A man called 911 and asked for an ambulance and when they located him in a parking lot, police approached him and claim that he had a weapon. Police claim he fired a shot. They shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://patch.com/illinois/shorewood-il/dashcam-video-shorewood-police-deadly-shooting-laquinta
Matthew J. Parks
Age :30
Gender :Male
Race : Black
Date : 03/14/2022
Location : 1412 Pioneer Rd
City : Crest Hill
County : Will
State : Illinois
Agency : Crest Hill PD
Officer(s) : Terry Fenoglio
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Crest Hill PD were called to a domestic violence event, encountered Matthew Parks with a knife in the hallway and shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/huge-police-presence-pioneer-road-crest-hill
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/police-didnt-need-use-excessive-force-crest-hill-mom-says
https://www.wjol.com/new-details-in-fatal-crest-hill-shooting/
Kevin Steinhauer
Age :45
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 03/02/2022
Location : 100 block of Arnold St
City : Collinsville
County : Madison
State : Illinois
Agency : Collinsville PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during home invasion
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Collinsville officers shot aman in the 100 block of Arnold Street in Collinsville after a report of a home invasion. When police arrived at the home, the man opened the door and fired at officers. Police shot and killed him..
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Phillip Dill
Age :34
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 02/04/2022
Location : 800 block of Fairlawn Circle
City : Evansville
County : Vanderburgh
State : Illinois
Agency : Evansville PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police after holding children hostage
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Phillip Dill allegedly held some children hostage in an Evansville home. Police shot and killed him.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://nypost.com/2022/02/04/cops-cleared-in-stun-gun-death-of-samurai-sword-n-man/
https://www.reportdoor.com/nypd-cops-cleared-in-death-of-nyc-man-george-zapantis/
Amanda Alvarez-Calo
Age :31
Gender :Female
Race : Latino/a/e
Date : 01/24/2022
Location : 11000 block of S Ave E
City : Chicago
County : Cook
State : Illinois
Agency : Illinois State Police
Officer(s) : Antonio Alvarez
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by officer husband
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Amanda Alvarez-Calo was in the midst of divorcing her husband, Officer Antonio Alvarez, and starting a new life when she was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in her car on the 11000 block of S Ave E in Chicago. Next to her was her husband, Illinois State Police officer Antonio Alvarez, who had killed her, then committed suicide in the car.
SOURCE LINKS :
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2022/1/24/22899665/amanda-alvarez-calo-east-side-homicide
Tyler M. Marler
Age :31
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/18/2022
Location : 800 Wood River Ave
City : Wood River
County : Madison
State : Illinois
Agency : East Alton PD
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during “man with a gun” call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Wood River PD and East Alton Police Department responded to a “man with a gun” call. ISP said when officers arrived, a 31-year-old male from East St. Louis, pointed a BB pistol at officers and was shot dead by officers.
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Nicholas D. Sebastian
Age :43
Gender :Male
Race : White
Date : 01/11/2022
Location : 200 block of Manchester Ln
City : Port Barrington
County : McHenry
State : Illinois
Agency : McHenry SO
Officer(s) : Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during domestic violence call
OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :
Police arrived at a domestic violence call and a man opened fire on the deputies and an adult female on the scene. Deputies shot him dead. McHenry County Coroner Michael Rein identified the man as Nicholas D. Sebastian.His wife was shot and injured. It is unclear whose bullets struck her.