Authorities have charged a 37-year-old Chicago man with first-degree murder in the shooting death of Detective Allan Reddins of the Oak Park Police Department. The tragic incident occurred on Friday morning when Detective Reddins responded to a report of a man leaving a bank with a gun in Oak Park, a suburb just west of Chicago.
The Cook County state's attorney's office charged Jerell Thomas of Chicago with first-degree murder in the killing of Detective Reddins. Thomas also faces charges of attempted murder of a peace officer, possession of a stolen firearm, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
