Suspect in killing of Ill. deputy arrested after standoff
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
AVON, Ill. — Illinois State Police say a man suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy then barricading himself inside a home for more than 16 hours has been taken into custody.
State police officials said Wednesday morning that the 42-year-old man was arrested without incident and has been jailed pending formal charges.
State police say he fatally shot Fulton County Deputy Troy Chisum on Tuesday afternoon after the deputy and three other officers arrived at a home in rural Avon in response to a battery and disturbance call.
