Officers to pay respects at funeral for lieutenant killed in the line of duty

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/07/funeral-illinois-police-officer-killed-chase-suspects

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Law enforcement officers from around the country were expected to attend the funeral for a longtime Illinois police officer who was fatally shot last week, as the search continued for his killer.

A funeral for Fox Lake police lieutenant Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was to be held on Monday in Antioch, Gliniewicz’s hometown.

During the visitation on Monday morning, Gliniewicz’s wife, Mel, received hugs from a line of officers and other mourners beside a stage displaying a dress uniform and a folded American flag.

The 52-year-old officer was shot dead last week while chasing three suspicious men on foot in Fox Lake, north-west of Chicago.

Gliniewicz reported the chase to dispatchers before communication was lost. Back-up officers arriving minutes later found him shot.

FBI technicians are piecing together surveillance videos to help in the search.