A former Hoffman Estates police officer told a federal juryWednesday she fatally shot a man two years ago because he "was aboutto kill" another man.
MaryLu Redmond said Ricky Allen refused her command to drop abutcher knife. Instead he "made a downward motion" with the knifetoward a man he was chasing. "And I shot him," she said. Thebullet pierced Allen's neck.
Redmond's testimony came during the wrongful-death suit filed byAllen's mother on behalf of his estate. The suit, seekingunspecified damages, is against Redmond and the Hoffman EstatesPolice Department.
Redmond, 32, who left the force last summer, was exonerated bythe Cook County state's …
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