Bradley Police Shooting

A man accused in a shooting that killed one northern Illinois police officer and critically wounded another is seeking another lawyer

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, was remembered at her funeral as not just an officer but “a wife, a friend, a fur mom.” NBC 5’s Chris Coffey reports.

Hundreds of cars joined in a procession from the chapel to the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Crowds lined part of the procession route as people stood in bitterly cold conditions to honor Rittmanic’s service.

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. Her words, which now take on new meaning, were shared, both spoken and written in the program, at her funeral Friday.

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.

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 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, 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.