The death of an Illinois State Police SWAT member has the full attention of the US Attorney in the Southern District of Illinois. 

US Attorney Steve Weinhoff says the death of Nick Hopkins shows the real danger police officers put themselves in every day. And because of that, his office is ready to bring justice to his family and the officers that worked with him.

Hopkins was the third trooper killed in the line of duty this year. But the first shot and killed in nearly 30 years. Hopkins was married and had four-year-old twins and an infant daughter.