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Suspect in Mahomet Police Officer Shooting Found Dead

The search for a man suspected of shooting a police officer came to an end with a shootout near the Shawnee National Forest.

 

Illinois State Police say that Clint Pendleton was shot and killed in an abandoned house. Pendleton was wanted in connection with a shooting of an officer in Mahomet.

 

An FBI agent was wounded in the second gun fight Sunday.

 

Pendleton had been on the run for over a week, his manhunt is also to blame for a fatal wreck when a responding ISP officer and 26 year old woman collided.

 

The Decatur woman was killed in the accident. 

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