HOLIDAY HILLS, Ill. (AP) — Authorities were searching for a man suspected of shooting two sheriff's deputies in suburban Chicago early Thursday, warning that he should be considered "armed and extremely dangerous."
Investigators believe that 52-year-old Scott Peters fled after opening fire with a rifle as deputies responded to a domestic dispute around 1:30 a.m. at a home in Holiday Hills, McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said. He said deputies are going door-to-door in the small village to make sure everyone is safe.
"We simply don't know his whereabouts at this time," Nygren said, adding that "many, many" deputies are involved with the search.
The sheriff said Peters, a military veteran, is being sought on two counts of attempted murder and should be considered "armed and extremely dangerous."
Nygren said the two deputies who were shot are in stable condition, but no other details about their injuries were provided. The suspect's wife and child, who were in the home, weren't injured, he said.
Holiday Hills is about 45 miles northwest of downtown Chicago.
Nygren said he had little information about the circumstances surrounding the incident. He said Peters was a military veteran, and that local police didn't have "much of a past history" with him.
