Tuesday night at the Clinton City Council meeting, Clinton Police Chief Ben Lowers praised the responding officers to Sunday's fatal shooting in rural DeWitt County.

Chief Lowers praised the DeWitt County dispatch center for their response in Sunday's incident just outside of Kenney and praised the team of officers he summoned for backup.

Chief Lowers praised Officer Joe Krasney who was the first on scene Sunday and potentially saved the life of one of the young victims at the scene.

At a time when recruitment and retention of law enforcement officials across the country is at an all-time low, he is proud of everyone on his staff and serving the community.

The suspect in the Sunday crimes was found dead late Monday night of a self-inflicted gunshot wound just on the other side of the Macon/DeWitt County line in northern Macon County. 

There was one fatality in the Sunday incident. It was 78-year-old John Wesley Anderson, who was the suspect's father-in-law. 

Also injured in the incident was Kigan Antonio Munoz - the suspect's son - who was treated for multiple gunshot wounds and is listed in stable condition in Champaign.