Associated Press
PARK FOREST, Ill. — The Park Forest Police Department has posted a Facebook update on one of its officers who was critically injured in a shooting Saturday.
WLS-TV in Chicago reports Officer Tim Jones was shot three times in the jaw and neck Saturday morning and is hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.
On March 19, 2016 at approximately 5:40 am, Park Forest Police were on scene at a vacant residence on the 300 block of...
Posted by Park Forest Police Department on Saturday, March 19, 2016
Jones, who has been on the force less than a year, was investigating a break-in when he was shot. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man accused of shooting Jones as 21-year-old Thurman Reynolds of Park Forest, who was killed when officers returned fire.
The department posted Sunday on Facebook that the 24-year-old Jones is in critical but stable condition.
It thanked well-wishers “far and wide” and said, “Unfortunately, far too many police departments understand what we are going through.”
This isn’t a press release. It’s just us getting back to what we do best on social media- having a conversation with...
Posted by Park Forest Police Department on Sunday, March 20, 2016
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