A Brooklyn, IL, police officer was killed early Wednesday on the McKinley Bridge while trying to stop a car fleeing from a nightclub in the Metro East St. Louis.
Brian Pierce Jr., 24, who was identified by his family, was struck by a car around 3 a.m. while trying to deploy spikes on the bridge to flatten the fleeing car's tires, said Lt. Michael Lewis of the Illinois State Police. He had been with the force about nine months.