MASSIVE MANHUNT for three suspects on the loose after killing an Illinois officer

UPDATE: One of the suspects has been taken into custody Tuesday afternoon following the deadly shooting of Charles Gliniewicz.

A police officer on a routine patrol was shot and killed around 8am Tuesday morning in Fox Lake, Illinois. Law enforcement officers flood the area to participate in the massive manhunt for three suspects.

LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The unnamed 32-year-old veteran officer was shot in the head, his body found stripped of his gun and equipment.

The suspects were only described as "two white and one black man."

Reports indicate the fallen officer was pursuing the three men and was able to radio the station to report his location. Shortly after reporting his position, radio contact was lost and he was later found dead from gunshot wounds. Whether the wounds were from weapons the suspects carried or his own is uncertain.

The massive manhunt for the three suspects include the FBI, U.S. marshals, SWAT, ATF, K9 units and of course the Chicago police department.

Fox Lake residents have been put on lockdown and were told to stay indoors. Every local school has been on lockdown since the manhunt began, with students kept in classrooms.

Lake Country Undersheriff Raymond Rose has urged people to call 911 if they see any suspicious activity. SWAT teams and  heavily armed local authorities go door-to-door in an attempt to track the suspects. K9 units have been sent into wooded areas while FBI and US Marshals cover nearby major highway Route 21, which connects to Chicago and is 60 miles south of Fox Lake.

The search is serious with helicopters flying above swampy areas and suspensions in commuter train services. The FAA has also imposed a two-mile no-fly zone around the search area.

Illinois Congresswoman Barbara Wheeler responded immediately to the news and issued a statement to help keep citizens calm, saying "As information continues to come in about the shooting of another police officer in the line of duty in Fox Lake, I hope we can all remain calm and pray for the officer's family and the other officers in harms-way right now."

Wheeler continued with a few somber words: "Eleven police officers have needlessly lost their lives since August 20th alone in America because of shootings and sadly our communities have been directly impacted today."

ARTICLE UPDATE (Sept. 1, 2015 - 3:17 pm PST)
 
One of the suspects has been taken into custody Tuesday afternoon following the deadly shooting of Charles Gliniewicz. No other information about the suspect is available.
Gliniewicz was married with four children and was nicknamed "G.I. Joe."
Gliniewicz' mother-in-law, Terry Resetar, told the Chicago Tribune, "He's got four sons who are going to have to go on alone."
Thomas Poulos, an old high school friend of Gleniewicz', said, "This should never happen. Joey just loved his job. Loved his job, loved his kids, loved his wife, and he loved those explorers," he said refering to the police department's explorers program to allow young adults to look into police careers. 
Lake County Undersheriff Raymond Rose said Gliniewicz "had a tremendous impact on a lot of young people in the county."
Jill Heyn, who lives only minutes from the locatoin of the shooting said it "feels like our paradise has been spoiled. It's just one story after another. Blue lives matter."

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