Traffic Stop with Offender Shot: Offender Aggressively Pins Illinois State Trooper Between His Car and Another on I-88 in Whiteside County

Trooper suffered non-life-threatening injuries when he was pinned by driver on I-88 at about 11:35 a.m. -- IDNR Conservation Police shot and killed offender [...]

At 10:44 a.m., a state conservation officer assisted a man driving a minivan with Ohio plates at albany and  roads in Whiteside County, another 9-1-1 call prompted IDNR Conservation Police and Illinois State police to check on him again EB I-88 west of Route 30. Offender made an abrupt U-Turn and rammed the trooper's car with his minivan -- pinning the trooper, who was outside his vehicle [...]


Press conference by Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Police Region 1 Commander Robert Frazier.

Map I-88 just west of US 30 Near Rock Falls/Sterling, Illinois ...