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Officers from 11 different agencies responded to a standoff in South Elgin, IL, Tuesday night. Three officers were wounded and the suspect was killed. (Photo: ABC7 screen shot)
Three police officers were wounded in South Elgin and the man who police said fired the shots has died.
South Elgin police said officers responded to a call of shots fired in the 300-block of Woodridge Circle at about 10:50 p.m. Tuesday. When officers arrived, a man in an apartment building with a shotgun fired at least two rounds at officers.
Three officers were shot. Police said the officers are in good condition. Police said an officer shot and killed him in an apartment stairwell around 2:30 a.m. after he fired at officers again.
The wounded officers belonged to the Kane County SWAT Team, with one officer from the Geneva Police Department, one from the Hannover Park Police Department and the third with the Kane County Sheriff's Office, ABC7 reports.
11 different law enforcement agencies responded to the incident.
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