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There are three suspects at large at this time. again, described two male whites, one male black. >> that's detective christopher cavelli. no confirmed sightings of the suspects wanted in the death of an illinois police officer. with us now on the phone is dan maran. thanks for making the time for us. >> thank you for having me. >> dan, talk to us a little bit about where this is happening, this building, specifically, that the officer came up on these individuals who were engaging in suspicious behavior. what do we know about this area of town and what would lead a police officer to go over t...

Very difficult area to set up a perimeter around because there's so many places for an individual to hide as well as a train that services that town that goes in chicago. it's also unclear if suspects had access to the vehicle after committing this murder. joining me on the phone is phil rogers, wmaq reporter. phil, since we last talked, not many new developments here. just this ongoing massive manhunt with the masdsive amount of manpower, helicopters, blood-sniffing dogs, boats, surveillance of trains and whatnot. we expect this to be ongoing for the duration of the day and into the night if ...

It is at that point that another officer came upon him, found him murdered and that the suspects then took his gun and mace and had been on the run since this morning. give us a little layout of this area north of illinois. this is a place where people i understand have second homes, it is heavily wooded, rural. fox lake. there are a lot of lakes up there. there's rail access, route 12 from the metropolis of chicago. when's law enforcement looking at in this hour in terms of trying to find the individuals? >> unfortunately, they're looking at a lot of places where people can hide but don't mis...

We don't know why the officer was alerted to the three individuals, was it a car stop? is there a vehicle in play? i'm hoping these questions have been answered. why he d he stumble on to the three? was it a drug spot? the location, the officers that work that area, they're going to know the answers. they may even know the three individuals. they may be from out of town. there's a lot of maybes and what ifs going on and hitting on all cylinders a ten necessary m manpower and equipment to do their job. >> sean, not much is known about the suspect aside from two whites and one black we believe. ...

Lot of people and a lot of tiny communities kind of blur together out there with the woods intermingled between them. so police have the challenge out there right now of knowing that there are a lot of forests out there where people could be concealed. only thing we know for certain how this began is the officer radioed in and said that he was in pursuit of the individuals in question and that was the last transmission reportedly that they had from him. after that, you know, you heard the transmission that there was an officer down. now, we do know that they have said the all-call messages tha...