Incident Details
Detective Allan Reddins, a 40-year-old officer with the Oak Park Police Department, was fatally shot on Friday morning while responding to a report of a person with a gun leaving a bank. He was shot in the left side and later pronounced dead at .
The suspect, who was shot in the leg during the incident, is in custody and in stable condition at the same hospital. This marks the first line of duty death for the Oak Park Police Department since 1938.
Community Response
The village of Oak Park expressed deep condolences to Reddins' family, friends, and colleagues, emphasizing the grief experienced by the community and the wider law enforcement family.
Reddins, a resident, had been with the Oak Park Police Department since May 2019. The investigation into the incident is ongoing, with authorities urging anyone with information to come forward.