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Detective Allan Reddins of the Oak Park Police Department was
killed Friday morning after responding to a report of a man
leaving a bank with a gun in the suburb just west of Chicago,
according to police. He later died at a local hospital.
On Saturday the Cook County state's attorney's office charged
Jerell Thomas of Chicago in the killing. Thomas was also charged
with attempted murder of a peace officer, possession of a stolen
firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Oak Park authorities alleged Thomas began shooting when
approached by Reddins and other officers.
Thomas was injured in the leg and remained hospitalized Sunday
with non-life threatening injuries.
No bond hearing has been set. A listed phone number for Thomas
was disconnected. An email message seeking comment was left for
him Sunday.
Investigators called Thomas a “habitual criminal” with a
previous arrests for aggravated battery of a police officer,
domestic battery, battery and resisting a police officer.
Reddins, 40, was the first Oak Park police officer shot in the
line of duty since 1938, according to Oak Park officials. He had
worked for the department since 2019.
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