Illinois Police Officer Seriously Wounded

Aug. 1, 2016
A Carbondale police officer was seriously wounded and the suspected gunman was still at large after a shooting late Sunday night.

CARBONDALE, Illinois -- A police officer in Carbondale was shot and seriously injured late Sunday night when a suspect fired several gunshots from a fleeing vehicle in a police chase.

The officer was taken to a St. Louis hospital. He remained in serious condition Monday morning.

Police were still searching for the gunman.

At 11:38 p.m. Sunday, Carbondale officers were on patrol in the 700 block of North Robert A. Stalls Avenue. They heard shots fired and started driving toward the sound of the gunfire.

Police then saw a tan, four-door vehicle speed off. The officers tried to stop the vehicle, but the driver refused to pull over.

During the pursuit, someone in the vehicle fired several shots at the officers. One police car and the officer were hit. Police did not return fire, authorities say.

The injured officer was first taken to Memorial Hospital of Carbondale, then transferred to a St. Louis hospital.

The name of the officer hasn't been released.

Stalls Avenue is a few blocks northeast of the intersection of Main Street and North Illinois Avenue, and just west of Attucks Park.

A police summary of the shooting didn't say how long the pursuit lasted or where the chase was when the officer was hit. Neither the chief nor anyone from the Carbondale police command staff was available for comment.

The shooting is being investigated by the Illinois State Police with help from the Jackson County state's attorney, the Jackson County Sherriff's Department and the Southern Illinois University Department of Public Safety.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Carbondale Police Department at 618-457-3200, the Carbondale/SIU CrimeStoppers anonymous tip line at 618-549-2677 or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at 618-687-2677.

Copyright 2016 - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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