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Princeton man pleads guilty in Mother’s Day case where 3-year-old child was killed · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Princeton man pleaded guilty in Mother's Day case where a 3-year-old child
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  was killed. Written by Matthias Werner This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Princeton man pleaded
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  guilty to multiple charges in a rural Dupu case where gunfire from
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  a responding officer killed a three-year-old child. Anthony Daniel Rodriguez, 42, pleaded
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  guilty to aggravated unlawful restraint, misdemeanor assault and domestic battery, Bureau County
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  State's attorney Daniel Anderson said. Prosecutors alleged Rodriguez refused to release a
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  woman and two children when so instructed by respondres police. Police entered
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  and fired, striking and killing three year old Damian Camacho. Neither Rodriguez
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  nor any officer is charged with homicide. The news came out of
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  a final pretrial conference on Friday. Rodriguez and public defenders but had
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  been raising the concern that Rodriguez was insane at the time of
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  the incident, which would have required a mental health evaluation. With the
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  new guilty plea that is no longer necessary. Before officers arrival, prosecutors,
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  said Rodriguez had been wrapping parts of then residence in plastic and
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  spraying bleach throughout the home, including on a person. Prosecutors also said
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  Rodriguez had a large butcher knife and threatened the lives of then
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  adults and children present if they left. According to prosecutors, police established
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  A perimeter around the residence, and then entered the home where they
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  attempted de escalation techniques. When those failed, they broke down the bedroom
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  door, prosecutor said. Prosecutors said Rodriguez the jumped with the knife onto
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  a bed which the child was on. Rodriguez then grabbed Camacho and
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  held him. An officer who has not been identified fired three shots.
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  A non lethal weapon was deployed first, followed by two shots from
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  a firearm. Both Rodriguez and Camacho were struck. Camacho was transported to
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  a hospital in Princeton where he later died from the gunshot wound.
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  Authorities said when officers attempted to provide aid to the child following
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  the shooting, Rodriguez initially refused to let them take the boy for
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  medical treatment. Sentencing will occur on Wednesday, November fourth. Rodriguez faces up
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  to five years in prison.