Officials to Provide New Information in Fox Lake Investigation Thursday

UPDATE: Officials revealed the officer was shot with his own weapon and said there was evidence of a struggle at the scene. Full details here.

After weeks of remaining silent, Fox Lake, Illinois, officials will to give an update in the investigation into a veteran police officer's fatal shooting Thursday.

On Thursday, Chief George Filenko, Commander of the Lake County Major Crime Task Force and Detective Christopher Covelli, Public Information Officer for the Lake County Sheriff’s Office will be holding a press conference at 10 a.m. CT.

Police said they will "provide limited new information" in the investigation.

Last week, Fox Lake police said that gunshot residue and ballistic tests done during the investigation "do not support or exclude any theory." 

Covelli said at the time that they are still investigating the shooting as a "homicide," based on Fox Lake police lieutenant Joseph Gliniewicz's radio call that he was pursuing three suspicious suspects just before his death and the fact that a canine managed to trace a path from the crime scene.

The Sept. 1 shooting prompted a furious police manhunt.

After flooding western Lake County with over 400 officers, as well as helicopters and canines, the trail now appears to have gone cold, and police have not taken reporters’ questions since Sept. 9.

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