Jacob Keltner, 35, was a deputy with the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department and part of the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. On March 7, 2019, he was fatally shot while attempting to serve an arrest warrant at a hotel in Rockford, Illinois. Officers say the suspect, Floyd Brown, was hiding in a third-floor room and fired multiple shots through the door and walls; Keltner was struck while positioned outside the hotel. Brown then allegedly fled by jumping from a window and led police on a high-speed chase before a standoff and apprehension.

Keltner is remembered by colleagues and family as a devoted husband and father to his widow Becki and their sons, Caleb and Carson. His father Howard, also in law enforcement, spoke about the family’s loss and concern his grandsons will retain only faint memories of their father. The shooting reportedly endangered other officers who were nearly struck by the gunfire.

Anyone who knew Jacob or was at the hotel that day and has information is asked to come forward.