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Originally Posted by RainMaker
Not sure if this got national press but this was huge here in Chicago. Cop was pilfering funds from the "Junior Explorer Program" (gets kids involved in police stuff or something). When he was about to get caught for that he called in saying he had been shot by 3 black guys he was chasing, then shot himself, threw his gun, and died. There was a huge manhunt for these 3 imaginary criminals. In the end after a couple months (after a huge funeral, tons of adoration and support for the famliy) they realized it was a suicide.
Crazy story if anyone wants a good read. More stuff about how his wife was involved and indicted, how he had planned to put out a hit with a gang member on the woman who was investigating the stolen funds too.
A year after Fox Lake cop shot in staged suicide, fallout isn't over - Chicago Tribune |
I did read about that one. It was either at CNN or FOX's web site, I'm pretty sure.