Incident

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7-12-2015 Illinois River Forest 4-1

Location

July 12, 2015

Incident Address

River Forest, Illinois

Participants

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Sgt. Chris Pate
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Participant Characteristics:
- Law Enforcement
Name: Officer Dan Humphreys
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Injured

Type: Victim
Name: William S. Carlson
Age: 60
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Type: Victim
Name: Susan Watson
Age: 59
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Injured

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Matthew Watson
Age: 24
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Killed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Wounded/Injured
Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Officer Involved Incident
Officer Involved Shooting - Officer shot
Officer Involved Shooting - subject/suspect/perpetrator killed
Mass Shooting (4+ victims injured or killed excluding the subject/suspect/perpetrator, one location)

Notes

Man kills one, injures one, fires on and wounds to police and is then killed by police. Mass shooting by numerical.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: 12 gauge

Sources

URL: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/dead-police-officers-hurt-in-ambush-in-suburban-chicago/article_a0c4664b-4c68-5a56-b46c-877e6a4e1a4e.html

URL: http://patch.com/illinois/oakpark/police-shooting-river-forest-sunday-morning

URL: https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/river-forest-critical-incident-police-shooting-gunshots-lathrop-avenue-314282941.html

URL: https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/7-13-2015/Three-injured,-two-killed-in-River-Forest/

URL: https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/8-25-2015/River-Forest-cops-still-mum-about-July-shooting/

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 4
State House District: 7