UPDATE 11:30 p.m. EDT:
Fox Lake District 114, Big Hollow District 38, Gavin District 37 and Grant High School will all be closed on Wednesday due to the continuing search for the three suspects in the shooting death of Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, according to the Chicago Tribune. Gliniewicz was considering retirement this month, Fox Lake Mayor Donny Schmit said.
The FBI, ATF and Secret Service have been helping with the manhunt. One hundred officers will continue the search overnight.
UPDATE 6:14 p.m. EDT:
One unnamed suspect is in custody in northern Illinois in an ongoing manhunt after the killing on Tuesday morning of Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, reported Reuters. However, Lake County Sheriff's office spokesman Christopher Covelli has yet to confirm the reports.
The Chicago officer has been identified as 32-year veteran of the force, Charles Joseph Gliniewicz. He was a father of four and went by the nickname G.I. Joe, according to the Chicago Tribune.
UPDATE 2:09 p.m. EDT:
The manhunt has expanded to woods and swampy areas north of Chicago for the three suspects connected to the killing of a Chicago police officer. Lake County sheriff's office Sergeant Christopher Covelli revealed that the officer who was found after being shot later died, reported Reuters. Covelli, however, has still declined to identify the officer.
Lake County sheriff's office Sergeant Christopher Covelli revealed that the officer who was found after being shot, later died,reported Reuters. Covelli, however, has still declined to identify the officer.
A manhunt is underway as police search for three armed suspects in the suburbs north of Chicago after a police officer was shot on Tuesday in the village of Fox Lake.
Local media had reported that the officer in the incident had died, using local law enforcement as a source, however Lake County sheriff's detective Christopher Covelli did not confirm that information at a news conference hours after the shooting, according to Reuters.
"I have no information on the officer's condition," Covelli said, asking area residents to remain inside and report suspicious activity.
"We have three offenders at large" who are believed to be armed, he told reporters.
The incident happened around 7:50 a.m. when the officer radioed he was pursuing three suspects, after looking into their "suspicious activity." Police lost radio contact with the officer, who was later found with a gunshot wound, according to CBS News.
Police do have a profile of the three suspects, however, and describe them as two white males and a black male.
Residents have been asked to remain inside their homes and businesses, reported CNN. Trains were stopped, roads were blocked and schools were on lockdown as well.
McHenry and Lake county Sheriff's offices were involved in the search, which included the use of dogs and helicopters to try to track the suspects.
