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- 0:05Speaker 1: Three year old killed by police in deep ugh hostage situation.
- 0:09Written by Bill Frescoes. This article is being read by
- 0:13an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. A three
- 0:18year old boy was killed by an officer's Sunday morning
- 0:21during a domestic disturbance in rural Depew, according to the
- 0:24Bureau County Sheriff's office and the child's family, the child,
- 0:29identified as three year old Damian Camacho by his aunt,
- 0:32Cindy Almanza, and the suspect were both shot, Bureau County
- 0:37Sheriff James Reid said in the news release. Deputies were
- 0:39dispatched about two forty two am Sunday, May tenth to
- 0:43a reported domestic disturbance involving a barricaded person. According to
- 0:48the release, the suspect was reported to be armed with
- 0:50a knife and had barricaded himself in a room with
- 0:53multiple people inside. After arriving on the scene, officers made
- 0:57repeated attempts to get the suspect to come out and
- 1:00resolve the situation peacefully. According to the release, after those
- 1:04efforts failed, and based on information from the nine hundred
- 1:07and eleven call and what officers said they could hear,
- 1:10at the scene, authorities believed the people inside were in
- 1:14immediate danger. Police said officers then went into the residents
- 1:19and fired shots at the suspect. Police said the three
- 1:22year old was taken to a local hospital by Illinois
- 1:25State Police and Bureau County Sheriff's deputies, where he was
- 1:29later pronounced dead. The suspect also was taken to the
- 1:32hospital for treatment and remains hospitalized as of Monday afternoon.
- 1:37The suspect's identity has not been made public, but the
- 1:40person is facing charges of aggravated unlawful restraint, aggravated assault,
- 1:45and domestic battery. Additional charges may be filed, according to
- 1:49the release. While it was previously reported that the shooting
- 1:53happened in rural Princeton, the address twenty seven hundred block
- 1:56of East Street is just west of depew Allaime off
- 2:00Illinois Route twenty nine. Responding agencies included the Bureau County
- 2:04Sheriff's Office, deput Police, Ladd Police, Princeton Police, and Illinois
- 2:09State Police. The investigation is being handled by the Bureau
- 2:14County Sheriff's Office, Illinois State Police, and the Bureau County
- 2:18Coroner's Office.