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Coroner identifies boy killed in DePue hostage standoff · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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Speaker 1: Coroner identifies boy killed in Deput hostage standoff. Written by
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Bill Frescoes. This article is being read by an automated
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voice brought to you by Everlett. Bureau County officials have
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released the identity of the child who was shot during
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a hostage situation Sunday, May tenth in rural Depeu. Damian Camacho,
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three years old, of Depew, suffered a gunshot injury inconsistent
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with sustaining life, according to preliminary autopsy results released by
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Bureau County Coroner Kurt Workman. The incident began early Sunday morning,
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when Camacho was with his mother, Aurora Almanza, at the
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mobile home of her boyfriend, Anthony Daniel Rodriguez. According to
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prosecutors during a court hearing Wednesday, a nine hundred and
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eleven call was made by rodriguez sister, Julia Aquino, who
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reported that Rodriguez was threatening her, Almanza, and the two
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children with a large butcher's knife. When police arrived, officers
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initially attempted to get Rodriguez to come out of the
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home peacefully. However, after Rodriguez allegedly failed to comply and
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screams were heard coming from inside the residence, officers forced
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entry into the home. According to prosecutors, Rodriguez jumped onto
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the bed Camacho was in while holding the knife when
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officers entered the residence. Two officers then fired three total shots,
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striking both Rodriguez and Camacho. Rodriguez initially did not allow
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authorities to provide aid to Camacho, according to prosecutors. According
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to the coroner's release, Camacho was transported from the scene
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to OSF Saint Clair Medical Center in Princeton. Despite resuscitation efforts,
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he was pronounced dead at three thirty five am.