Posted on 09/01/2015 11:54:37 AM PDT by Kartographer
A massive manhunt is underway in a suburb north of Chicago after a police officer was shot dead while on a routine patrol.
Three armed and dangerous suspects, two white and one black, are at large after the cop was gunned down in Fox Lake, Illinois, at around 8am.
Authorities confirmed the officer died at the scene. WGNTV says he was shot in the head.
The cop, who is yet to be identified but is reportedly a 32-year veteran of the department, was found in a marshy area stripped of his gun and other equipment.
FBI and US Marshals are part of the huge the search which covers a vast area near Route 21 - a major highway connecting Chicago, which is around 60 miles south.
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