Detective Shot On Black Friday Morning

An Oak Park, Illinois, detective was shot during an incident in the early morning hours of Black Friday.

Detective Allan Reddins was killed while on duty while responding to a call regarding an armed offender.

Firefighters responded to a call of shots fired on Friday and discovered Detective Reddins with a gunshot wound to his left side.

Reddins was transported to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

BREAKING – Oak Park police officer dies after shooting – @MoSamra16 @_ViMiller https://t.co/RaOt17VU4W pic.twitter.com/9npODeHaOX

— Rosemary Sobol (@RosemarySobol1) November 29, 2024

Video footage shows the aftermath of a Black Friday shootout in which Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins was fatally shot. At 9:35 a.m., he confronted a suspect fleeing a bank on Lake Street, leading to an exchange of gunfire. The suspect, injured in the leg, was taken into custody… pic.twitter.com/jLZNa4mmib

— CHICAGO CRITTER (@ChicagoCritter) November 29, 2024

Per NBC Chicago:

An Oak Park police detective, who was shot during an incident in the morning hours of Black Friday, has died from his injuries, the village said.

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Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was killed in the line of duty “while responding to a call involving an armed offender,” officials said Friday. According to a spokesperson for the village, firefighters responded to a call of shots fired just after 9:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Lake Street. There, they found Reddins with a gunshot wound to the left side. The officer was transported to Loyola University Medical Center, where he was listed in critical condition.

He was pronounced dead just after 10 a.m., officials said.”The Village of Oak Park extends its deepest condolences to Detective Reddins’ family, friends and colleagues within the Oak Park Police Department and the wider law enforcement community as they process the grief caused by this senseless violence,” the village said in a statement, noting that Reddins’ death marks the first line-of-duty death for the Oak Park Police Department since 1938.

While many of us today were maneuvering for shopping discounts, Oak Park (Ill) Det. Allan Reddins was shot and killed in the line of duty.

Please join us in praying for this hero's family and friends. For comfort.

Rest well hero 🙏🏼🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/UfzWRalesj

— Glendale Arizona FOP Lodge 12 (@GlendaleFOP12) November 29, 2024

Per ABC 7 Chicago:

An Oak Park police officer was shot and killed Friday morning, after a person was seen leaving a bank with a gun, police said.

Detective Allan Reddins, 40, of Chicago responded about 9:30 a.m. to the 1000-block of Lake Street for a report of a person seen leaving a bank in the area with a gun.

Reddins was shot in the left side, and was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in critical condition, police said.

He died about 10:10 a.m.