{"id":1170486,"date":"2021-12-29T19:34:26","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170486"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T00:34:28","slug":"illinois-sheriffs-deputy-shot-killed-while-responding-to-motorist-assist-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-sheriffs-deputy-shot-killed-while-responding-to-motorist-assist-call\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Sheriff&#039;s Deputy Shot, Killed While Responding to &#039;Motorist Assist&#039; Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-sheriffs-deputy-shot-killed-while-responding-to-motorist-assist-call%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1170486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/imgonline-com-ua-FrameBlurred-Ve2UDSylJZ1DpML1-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Wayne County, Illinois, sheriff\u2019s deputy Sean Riley was shot and killed while responding to a \u201cmotorist assist\u201d call near the Indiana state line at 5 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Riley responded to the call on I-64 and \u201cwhen another officer arrived on scene, Deputy Riley was discovered deceased at [the] location,\u201d&nbsp;Tri-State Homepage&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tristatehomepage.com\/news\/local-news\/wayne-co-sheriffs-deputys-body-arriving-at-morgue\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Riley\u2019s police vehicle was gone when the second officer arrived as well. The police vehicle was later located abandoned on I-64.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3242618449311073&amp;id=1384553418450928&amp;substory_index=0\" data-width=\"640\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/1384553418450928\/posts\/3242618449311073\/?substory_index=0\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>Deputy Sean Riley. End of Watch: December 29,2021<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1384553418450928\">Wayne County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/graph.facebook.com\/1384553418450928\/posts\/3242618449311073\/?substory_index=0\">Wednesday, December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>At 1:31 p.m. local time Indiana State Police announced they had a suspect in custody in connection with Riley\u2019s shooting death:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wayne County Illinois Shooting Update: Police have the suspect in custody. Police are not looking for any other suspects at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sgt. Todd Ringle (@ISPEvansville) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ISPEvansville\/status\/1476289709160738823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The suspect in Riley\u2019s death is believed to have \u201ccarjacked a victim at a QuikTrip gas station about two hours later,\u201d&nbsp;WSILTV <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsiltv.com\/news\/wayne-county-sheriffs-deputy-killed-in-shooting-identified\/article_b24f8530-68bf-11ec-8312-6f09d1cdc505.html\">reported<\/a>. The victim was shot but his injuries are non-life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p><em>AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News<\/em><em>&nbsp;and the writer\/curator of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down Range with AWR Hawkins<\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em><em>a weekly newsletter focused o<\/em><em>n al<\/em><em>l things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. Follow him on Instagram:&nbsp;<\/em><em><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/awr_hawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@awr_hawkins<\/a>. Reach him at&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:awrhawkins@breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">awrhawkins@breitbart.com<\/a>. You can sign up to get Down Range at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/downrange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">breitbart.com\/downrange<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne County, Illinois, sheriff\u2019s deputy Sean Riley was shot and killed while responding to a \u201cmotorist assist\u201d call near the Indiana state line at 5 a.m. on Wednesday. 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