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(Photo by Philip Pacheco/Getty Images) A healthcare worker prepares to administer a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Ontario on December 14, 2020. - Ontario, Canada's most populous province and one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, had 1,940 new cases and 23 deaths on Monday. The province is expected to give its next doses to nursing home workers as a priority, according to media reports. (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS OSORIO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 'Never seen levels like this': Union president on airline passenger misconduct Memorial Day weekend will bring rain and cool air for much of the East (CNN) — A suspect accused of fatally shooting an Illinois deputy assigned to a US Marshals task force while the deputy was trying to serve a warrant in Rockford on Thursday morning will face murder charges, authorities said. Deputy Jacob Keltner, who was with McHenry County Sheriff’s Office for almost 13 years, was shot outside a hotel where the suspect was staying, Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said. Keltner, who died at a hospital, had a wife and two children. McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim said Keltner was a “fine young man.” “He was part of a group that chased the worst of the worst,” Prim said. A 25-year-old female acquaintance of the suspect was wounded, treated and released from a hospital. She was not charged, O’Shea said. He added that no one from the task force fired a weapon during the incident. The suspect, Floyd E. Brown, was arrested after an hourslong standoff that followed a chase on an interstate through Illinois. He will face a state and a federal murder charge, officials said. Brown was staying at an extended stay hotel in Rockford when police attempted to serve warrants for him. The warrants included one for a parole violation and two in connection with burglary cases. After the shooting, the suspect led Illinois state troopers on a chase, crashed and barricaded himself in his vehicle alongside Interstate 55, Illinois State Patrol Trooper Sean Ramsey said. Law enforcement officers tried for hours to get him to come out of the vehicle. Brown opened his door several times but would not get out, Ramsey said, adding that Brown stopped communicating with police. The county had multiple previous altercations with Brown while serving warrants, Ramsey said.<doc-sep>MCHENRY COUNTY, IL -- The McHenry County Sheriff's Office has identified the deputy fatally while serving an arrest warrant at a Rockford motel Thursday morning as Jacob Keltner. In a Facebook post Thursday afternoon, the sheriff's office shared that Keltner died shortly after 3:30 p.m. The 13-year veteran of the McHenry Sheriff's Office was working with the U.S. Marshalls Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force when 39-year-old Floyd E. Brown, of Springfield, shot him. "It is with great sadness I announce today the passing away of Deputy Sheriff Jacob Keltner, who was shot this morning in the line of duty and subsequently died in the hospital. Other police agencies, federal, state and local, are at work on this investigation and authoritative information will come from them at the appropriate time, so I will not dwell on the circumstances that gave rise to his untimely death. For those of us in the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, this is bitter news. Deputy Keltner was an integral part of our office, someone who had risen quickly to greater responsibilities after he was first sworn in in 2006. He was loved and respected by all his colleagues, and he will be sorely missed." The Rockford Police Department said U.S. Marshals were serving the warrant at the Extended Stay America on North Bell School Road, when a suspect shot at them from inside a hotel room, hitting the deputy. Police said they responded at around 9:15 a.m. to the hotel after receiving a report that a task force member had been hit.<doc-sep>ROCKFORD, Illinois – A sheriff's deputy trying to serve an arrest warrant on a parole violator died Thursday of gunshot wounds inflicted by the suspect, who fled the scene and led police on a 150-mile manhunt before his car crashed off an Illinois interstate. The suspect, identified as Floyd Brown, 39, of Springfield, Ill., was wanted on multiple warrants, including for burglary, from two central Illinois police departments and had violated terms of his parole on an earlier conviction, police said. He barricaded himself inside his car for several hours after crashing on Interstate 55. He was taken into custody around 5 p.m. CT, said Illinois State Police Sgt. Delila Garcia. Police say Brown, who was staying at an Extended Stay America with a female acquaintance, allegedly fired on the officer with a rifle, then fled by apparently jumping out a third-floor window and sped away in his own vehicle. The officer, Jacob Keltner, was pronounced dead shortly after 3:30 p.m. CT, according to the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. Keltner was a McHenry County deputy assigned to a U.S. Marshal fugitive task force and was a 12-1/2 year veteran of the department. He was rushed to a hospital in critical condition and died about six hours later. Keltner leaves behind a wife and two young children. His father and brother are also local law enforcement officers, said McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim. "Jake was a fine young man," Prim said. "He was part of a group of officers who chased after the worst of the worst. Unfortunately sometimes (for) these people who are willing to take on these responsibilities, it's an unfortunate end." Police said Brown shot his female companion, 25, during the ordeal but her wounds were not life-threatening. She was treated and released from the hospital Thursday afternoon, police said. After Brown fled from Rockford, an Illinois State trooper encountered the suspect near the central Illinois city of Bloomington and attempted to stop him. Brown led the officers on a pursuit through Bloomington and neighboring Normal before heading back on to Interstate 55, said State Police Master Sgt. Sam Thomas. Police said during the chase, which lasted about 30 minutes, Brown was driving over 100 mph. Police said they ended the pursuit when a trooper near the town of Lincoln rammed his squad car into Brown's car, knocking it into a ditch. At some point during the chase, Brown pointed his rifle at officers. Brown exited and re-entered the vehicle after the crash before barricading himself inside his Mercury Grand Marquis for approximately six hours, police said. Police spoke with Brown in short fits throughout the day, with the suspect frequently cracking open his door to communicate with the officers who surrounded him. By early evening, SWAT officers decided to pounce. Brown suffered minor injuries and remained hospitalized Thursday evening. "Our SWAT team deployed flash bangs and were ultimately able to take the suspect into custody peacefully," Trooper Sean Ramsey told reporters near the scene where Brown was apprehended. The interstate was shut down in both directions for much of the day as officers surrounded Brown's vehicle and tried to persuade him to surrender. Rockford Deputy Police Chief John Pozzi said the incident unfolded Thursday morning when members of the task force attempted to serve multiple warrants, including parole violations, on Brown. "The suspect fled prior to the large law enforcement response," Pozzi said. No shots were fired by law enforcement officers, he said. Winnebago County state's attorney Marilyn Hite-Ross said Brown has been charged with first-degree murder of the officer. Authorities were also preparing to bring federal first-degree murder charges against Brown because he shot an officer who was assisting federal law enforcement agency, said assistant U.S. Attorney Margaret Schneider. "The death penalty is a possibility," Schneider said. "There is a whole process we have to go through to determine if that will be done." Brown has a lengthy rap sheet, including multiple incidents in which he had been charged with domestic battery, according to court records. He was convicted in March 2013 for a series of burglaries in McLean and Macon counties and sentenced to 13 years in state prison, according to McLean County court records. Brown was arrested in Sangamon County on June 8, 2018, for disorderly conduct. A woman filed for an order of protection against Floyd that same day. He was cited by Illinois State Police for driving 35 mph over the speed limit that same month. In November 2017, he received a two-day sentence for resisting arrest. He plead guilty in 2013 after being charged in 2010 with felony vehicle invasion, domestic battery, aggravated battery and endangering the life of a child, court records show. Rockford is about 90 miles northwest of Chicago, near the Wisconsin border. Dozens of law enforcement vehicles could be seen rushing from the Chicago area to Rockford shortly after the shooting was reported. The incident came three weeks after a mass shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora, 70 miles southeast of Rockford. Six people including the gunman died and five responding officers were wounded in that incident. "The people of Illinois join the family of the fallen officer in mourning his loss, and with our deepest gratitude for his courageous service," Gov. J.B. Pritzker said.<doc-sep>
A man who allegedly shot and killed a deputy Thursday at an Illinois hotel was arrested by Illinois State Police about 5 p.m. after a standoff. McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner died about 3:30 p.m. Officials said he was shot by Floyd Brown, 39, during an arrest attempt. Keltner had been with the sheriff's department almost 13 years. The deputy was attempting to serve an arrest warrant with the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force when he was shot, deputies say. "The people of Illinois join the family of the fallen officer in mourning his loss, and with our deepest gratitude for his courageous service," Illinois Gov. J. B. Pritzker said in a tweet. Deputy Jacob Keitner McHenry County Sheriff's Office The vehicle Brown was traveling in crashed on an interstate that was shut down in both directions, when officers tried to apprehend him. Brown was contained by officers in his vehicle for several hours. The shooting occurred about 9:15 a.m. as members of the U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force attempted to arrest Brown at an Extended Stay America hotel in Rockford, about two hours northwest of Chicago. Floyd Brown Bloomington Police Dept. Brown, who authorities originally said was 45, immediately fired on officers and shot the sheriff's deputy with a rifle, Rockford Police Lt. Andre Brass said. A woman who was in the hotel room with him was injured, likely from gunfire by Brown, police said. She was treated at a local hospital and released. He opened fire on the officers from inside his third-floor hotel room and then again from outside the building after he fled, Rockford police said, adding that Brown likely jumped from the third floor to escape. The sheriff's deputy was shot outside in the parking lot, authorities said. No members of law enforcement fired shots during the incident.