Monday, November 23, 2009 East Central Illinois

Report: Five shots from three officers felled motorist

By Paul Wood
Saturday, April 11, 2009 6:00 AM CDT

OAKWOOD – Five shots were fired by three officers in the Monday death of a medical student from Texas fleeing police near Oakwood.

The shooting report by the state police Friday expanded a little on earlier police reports, but did not name the officers involved in the bizarre incident invlving a machete. Interim Lt. Tad Williams, the author of the report, said no information beyond the release would be issued at this time.

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