Illinois Police Officer Killed Trying To Stop Fleeing Driver

Chicago IL

06 August, 2021

2:56 PM

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BROOKLYN, IL — A Brooklyn Police Department officer was killed by a driver during a chase Wednesday morning, Illinois State Police say. Around 3 a.m. Wednesday, Officer Brian Pierce Jr. was assisting in a motor vehicle pursuit that started in Brooklyn. The driver of a red Dodge Charger hit Pierce after he put down spike strips on McKinley Bridge. The Charger was later found abandoned in St. Louis, according to Illinois State Police. Several other officers were nearly injured while investigating Pierce's death, around 3:50 a.m. Illinois State Police say a gray Kia Optima drove through the roadblock and hit multiple police vehicles. Officers from the Madison County Sheriff's Department and Brooklyn Police Department fired shots into the car and struck the driver. The car crashed into two Illinois State Police vehicles and came to a stop. Four occupants in the Kia were arrested. The driver was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.