(Reuters) – An Indiana police officer was discovered fatally shot in his patrol car early Sunday, state police said.
Jeffrey Westerfield, who had served on the Gary Police Department for 19 years, was on duty when he was shot by an unknown assailant, an Indiana State Police official said.
State police, federal law enforcement and dozens of officers from Gary, a city located in the southeastern Chicago metropolitan area, have launched a manhunt for the suspect, the official said. Continue reading “Indiana police officer found fatally shot in patrol car”