Good point. Was it determined he was shot with his own gun?
I don’t know if he was shot with his own gun, but it was repeatedly reported that his service pistol was missing.
And this is a ‘good trick’ if a suicide: “...was found in a Fox Lake field,dead from two gunshot wounds...”
I guess he could have shot himself in the arm or leg before doing a fatal shot. I guess we’ll have to wait for whatever is released in the future.
This story from WGN TV says he was shot with his own weapon:
http://wgntv.com/2015/10/01/9-unidentified-dna-samples-found-where-fox-lake-officer-died/
“The lead investigator revealed on Thursday the fallen officer was shot twice with his own weapon, and there were signs of a struggle at the scene. The first shot knocked him out, and the second one is believed to have killed him. No word, though, on how the gun went off.”