OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) — The community will gather to honor fallen Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins as family, friends, and fellow first responders prepare to say their goodbyes.
His visitation will be held from 1 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at Leak and Sons Funeral Home located at 78th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue in Chicago. A police walk-through will take place at 7 p.m.
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Detective Reddins tragically lost his life in a shooting the day after Thanksgiving while he was on duty responding to a report of an individual seen leaving a Lake Street bank in Oak Park carrying a firearm.
Investigators said Reddins and other officers asked the suspect to show his hands when he brandished a gun.
Reddins was shot on the left side and rushed to a nearby hospital where he died soon after arrival.
At a vigil last week, Reddins was remembered for his service and involvement in the community.
He was a five-year veteran of the Oak Park Police Department and is Oak Park’s first line of duty death since 1938.
Chicago man Jerell Thomas is accused in the fatal shooting.
Thomas has been charged with first degree murder, felony possession of a stolen firearm and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon for the shooting death of the veteran lawman.
Reddins’ funeral is Thursday at 11 a.m. at Apostolic Church of God at 63rd and Dorchester. A private burial will follow.
His son, a Morehouse College honor student, calls his late father his hero and his guardian angel.
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