Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was fatally shot on November 29, 2024 while responding to a report of an armed person leaving a bank on Lake Street. Officers, including Detective Reddins, approached a suspect near the 800 block of Lake Street around 9:30 a.m.; the suspect, described as a 37-year-old Chicago resident, failed to comply and opened fire, striking Reddins on his left side. Other officers returned fire and the suspect was wounded in the leg. Detective Reddins was taken to Loyola University Medical Center and died shortly after 10:00 a.m.

He had served with the Oak Park Police Department since 2019 and was the first Oak Park officer killed in the line of duty since 1938. Reddins is remembered as a dedicated officer and family man, devoted to his 19-year-old son, his mother, and siblings. Funeral services were held on December 12, 2024, at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.

Was anyone in the area that morning who saw the incident or the suspect before the shooting?