WBGZ Radio 5/24/2021 |
By Mark Ellebracht - WBGZ Radio
The Illinois State Police are investigating two separate officer-involved fatal shootings from the weekend. One took place on the parking lot of the TA Travel Center in Troy on Saturday evening where a man was reportedly firing a weapon into the air, the other in Red Bud where a police officer had been shot and another officer returned fire killing the suspect.
In the Troy case, about 7pm Saturday police responded to a report of an active shooter and possible suicidal subject firing a weapon into the air on the parking lot of the TA Travel Center on Edwardsville Road. An officer who was first on the scene located the man who was firing his weapon into the air. Fearing for his life, and the lives of patrons at the business, the officer fired seven shots in the direction of the subject. ISP says the man is identified as 31-year-old Kody Waters of Dewey, Oklahoma, who was pronounced dead at the scene. At this time, it is