Commander defends probe of Illinois cop’s death

ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are defending the time it took to conclude that an Illinois police officer killed himself and was not killed by others. Lake County Major Crimes Task Force Commander George Filenko told reporters Wednesday that police Lt. Charles Joseph Gliniewicz elaborately staged a crime scene, scattering his pepper spray,…

St. Louis Murder Count Now At 171

St. Louis, MO  (KTRS)  The city’s murder rate continues to climb. This comes after police say two men were shot to death Tuesday night along the 2600 block of California in south St. Louis.  The names of the victims haven’t been released. There’s no word of any arrests This brings the city’s murder count to…