OAK PARK, Ill. (WLS) — First responders from across the Chicago area will join loved ones, to say final goodbyes to Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins.
Reddins’ American flag draped casket was carefully carried out of Leak and Sons Funeral Home…placed in a hearse at 78th and Cottage Grove and driven three miles away to 63rd and Dorchester…where the church is located.
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The procession transporting Reddins arrived at the church just before 9:30 a.m.
Flowers adorned the top of the hearse as it pulled into the church’s parking lot as family…friends and first responders followed behind.
People poured out to Leak and Sons Funeral Home on Wednesday for Reddins’ visitation.
The Oak Park detective was shot the day after Thanksgiving after responding to reports of a person seen leaving a Lake Street bank with a gun.
Investigators said Reddins and other officers asked the suspect to show his hands when he pulled out a gun.
Reddins was shot on the left side and rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died soon after arrival.
People have been paying their respects since the tragedy.
Among those at the visitation were officers from other jurisdictions and agencies, including the ATF who investigated after Reddins was shot on November 29.
“It’s a horrible loss. We are seeing too many of these officers getting killed in the Chicagoland area and we are just here in a show of solidarity,” ATF Assistant Special Agent In Charge Jason Gore said.
Detective Reddins was a five-year veteran of the Oak Park Police Department and is the first Oak Park officer killed in the line of duty since 1938.
Reddins’ funeral is set to begin at 11 a.m. He will then be buried during a private ceremony.
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