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Coroner: Fox Lake officer died from single gunshot wound
Posted On Sep 11 2015
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The police say they only know that two of them are white and one is black.
Lake County Coroner Thomas Rudd said he needs more evidence from police before he can make a ruling.
An Illinois police officer found dead last week after telling dispatchers he was pursuing three suspicious men suffered a “single devastating” gunshot wound, according to a coroner who said he can’t yet rule whether the death was a homicide, suicide or an accident. It has not yet been determined if Gliniewicz was shot at close range or from a distance.
Gliniewicz was buried Monday in a ceremony that attracted wide media attention and drew representatives of law enforcement from around the state and country.
The death of Gliniewicz sparked a massive manhunt throughout Lake County but has so far failed to produce a single arrest.
Police are pursuing the case as a homicide as they await the results of ballistics tests.
Gliniewicz, 52, reportedly called in for backup as he chased three men in a heavily-wooded area Tuesday morning, September 1; when officers arrived, they found the lieutenant shot and killed. It was later discovered at the scene.
“There’s still a lot of outstanding information”, he said.
Investigators have fielded 185 leads, Filenko said.
The officer’s death comes amid an internal investigation into the Fox Lake Police Department and the recent retirement of the police chief.
Investigators were searching for a second week for three suspects who might have been involved in his death.
Behan said he had not been forced out but felt it was time. However, later Thursday, the Chicago Tribune reported Rudd said the fatal wound was to Gliniewicz’s torso.
One Gliniewicz’s four sons spoke out for the first time about the loss of his dad on a friend’s online show Wednesday night.
Rudd said he was unable to issue a final report on how Gliniewicz died because he has yet to receive all relevant evidence from the incident from law enforcement, according to WMAQ-TV and Illinois’ Daily Herald newspaper.
