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Twenty years before she was killed in the line of duty, Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic had written a poem about the risk officers take each day when they put on their uniform.

“Our world has been turned upside down, obliterated and hopelessly broken,” Lyn Stua, wife of Fallen Bradley Police Sgt. Marlene Rittmanic, spoke on Friday at the funeral at Olivet Nazarene University in the Hawkins Centennial Chapel.

A funeral is scheduled to be held Friday for fallen Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic, who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a noise complaint at a Kankakee County hotel.

A funeral is scheduled to be held Friday for fallen Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic, who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a noise complaint at a Kankakee County hotel last week.

A visitation is scheduled for Thursday for fallen Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic, who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a noise complaint at a Kankakee County hotel last week.

A judge has denied bail to the second of two people charged with killing one police officer and wounding another at a northern Illinois hotel last week

Officials provided details on the investigation into the double shooting of Kankakee police officers, while Kankakee County State’s Attorney Jim Rowe will discuss recent news that he has submitted an official request for federal murder charges and a federal death sentence for two suspects charged in the case. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Officials are set to provide an update Wednesday on the investigation into the killing of a Bradley police sergeant and the shooting of another officer as prosecutors announce plans to seek the death penalty for two suspects charged in the case.

Funeral services are set to be held this week for fallen Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic, who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a noise complaint at a Kankakee County hotel last week.

Funeral services are set to be held this week for fallen Bradley Police Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic, who was shot and killed in the line of duty while responding to a noise complaint at a Kankakee County hotel last week.

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney has requested that federal prosecutors pursue the death penalty against the two people charged with the murder of a Bradley police officer and the attempted murder of a second officer.

The Bradley Police Department and family of fallen Sergeant Marlene Rittmanic broke their silence regarding the officer’s fatal shooting Monday, expressing gratitude for all those who’ve offered condolences.

Hours after Illinois State Police arrested a man in connection with the shooting of two Kankakee County police officers, a second suspect turned herself into police Friday afternoon, state police confirmed.

Police surrounded a home in North Manchester, Indiana Friday morning in search of suspects tied to the shooting of two Kankakee County police officers. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Police surrounded a home in North Manchester, Indiana Friday morning in search of suspects tied to the shooting of two Kankakee County police officers, according to reports.

Multiple law enforcement agencies are offering rewards for information that leads to the arrest of the man suspected of shooting and killing a Kankakee County police officer, and critically injuring another, on Wednesday night.

As the police department in Bradley, Illinois, said goodbye to one of their own, the search continues for a man police say is connected to shooting an officer whom friends say loved her job. NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.