Allan Reddins

Death by Force

On November 29, 2024, Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, aged 40, was fatally shot while responding to a report of an armed individual leaving a bank on Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois. Detective Reddins, who had been with the department since 2019, was the first Oak Park officer to die in the line of duty since 1938.

The incident began around 9:30 a.m. when officers, including Detective Reddins, approached the suspect, identified as 37-year-old Chicago resident Jerell Thomas, ...Read More

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