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Floyd D. Caudill

Age : 40

Gender : Male

Race : White

Date : 08/06/2024

Location : Lake Glendale Campground Campground Rd

City : Golconda

County : Pope

State : Illinois

Agency : United States Marshals Service; Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Officer(s) :Not Diagnosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Shot by Deputy U.S. Marshal while serving arrest warrant

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On 08/06/2024, members of the United States Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force and Illinois Department of Natural Resources officers located 40-year-old Floyd D. Caudill at the Lake Glendale Campground in Pope County while attempting to serve an Indiana felony arrest warrant. Caudill had recently been convicted by a Warrick County, Indiana jury on child molestation charges and failed to appear for sentencing after being released on bond, prompting the warrant for his arrest. Investigators tracked him to a tent at the campground and established contact, directing him to surrender. Caudill refused to come out. According to Illinois State Police, a shot was fired from inside the tent toward the officers. A Deputy U.S. Marshal returned fire. After the shooting, officers entered the tent and found Caudill dead. Illinois State Police Division of Criminal Investigation Zone 7 assumed responsibility for investigating the fatal shooting at the request of the U.S. Marshals Service. Publicly available reporting did not identify the Deputy U.S. Marshal who fired the fatal shot

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.southernillinoisnews.com/pope-county-shooting-arrest-incident
https://www.illinoistimes.com/child-crimes-arrest-shooting-pope-county
https://www.wsiltv.com/news/local/pope-county-police-shooting-investigation