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Special prosecutor to review police shooting in DePue hostage standoff · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Special prosecutor to review police shooting in Depew hostage standoff
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  Written by Bill Frescoes. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A special
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  prosecutor has been appointed by Bureau County to review the
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  investigation into an unidentified police officer who fired shots during
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  the hostage standoff that killed three year old Damian Camacho
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  on Sunday May tenth in rural Depew. According to a
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  news release, the Special Prosecution Unit of the Illinois State's
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  Attorney's Appellate Prosecutor's Office will review the Illinois State Police's
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  investigation to decide whether any legal action is warranted. The
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  move was taken at the request of Bureau County State's
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  Attorney Dan Anderson, to avoid even the appearance of any
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  potential conflict of interest the Bureau County States Attorney's Office
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  may have. Regardless, the Bureau County State's Attorney's Office will
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  continue the prosecution of Anthony Daniel Rodriguez for his alleged
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  actions that brought the officer into his home in the
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  first place. More details about the incident were also revealed
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  during Rodriguez's first court hearing on Wednesday, May thirteenth, Prosecutors
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  said a woman called nine hundred and eleven after Rodriguez
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  allegedly threatened her life and the lives of two children.
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  According to prosecutors, police arrived and established a perimeter around
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  the residence while attempting to get Rodriguez to come out peacefully.
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  Rodriguez was locked in a bedroom inside the home with
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  the hostages while officers attempted de escalation techniques. When those failed,
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  they broke down the bedroom door, prosecutors said. Prosecutors said
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  Rodriguez then jumped onto a bed with the knife which
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  Camacho was on. Rodriguez then grabbed Camacho and held him.
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  The officer, who has not been identified, fired three shots.
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  A non lethal weapon was deployed first, followed by two
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  shots from a firearm. Both Rodriguez and Camacho were struck.
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  Authority said when officers attempted to provide aid to Camacho
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  following the shooting, Rodriguez initially refused to let them take
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  the child for medical treatment. Camacho was eventually transported to
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  OSF Saint Clair Medical Center in Princeton for treatment, where
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  he later died from the gunshot wound.