Slain Illinois police officer called family’s ‘backbone’; 2 suspects being sought: report
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A manhunt continued in Illinois late Thursday for two suspects wanted in connection with a Wednesday shooting in Kankakee County, south of Chicago, that left one police officer dead and another hospitalized in critical condition.
One family member described Rittmanic as the "backbone" of her family.
"The crazy thing is they’d probably have to kick her out, she loved her job so much," Ashlee Johnson, Rittmanic's niece, told FOX 32. "She wasn’t that type of person that wanted to pull you over to give you a ticket, unless she felt it was absolutely the only thing she had to do, but she wasn’t that kind of cop. She always aimed to be a cop to make a difference."
The slaying of Rittmanic, and the wounding of her partner, Officer Tyler Bailey, 27, during their investigation of a noise complaint at a Comfort Inn in Kankakee County drew words of appreciation Thursday from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.
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