DUPO – The Illinois State Police announced Sunday afternoon that a police officer had been wounded and a second person was shot and reported deceased Sunday afternoon in Dupo. There was a standoff in a neighborhood just outside Dupo in the 400 block of McBride Avenue.
State Police reported the shooting occurred at 1:15 p.m. Sunday.
Dupo Police Department, the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Department, and Illinois State Police are at the scene.
State Police said the suspected shooter is believed to be barricaded in a residence in Dupo.
More to come.