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Chief: 2 officers wounded, suspect dead in Illinois shooting

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois police chief says two officers conducting a traffic stop have been shot and wounded by a suspect who died after officers returned fire. Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel says the officers stopped a vehicle about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday in Decatur and ordered its driver to show his hands. The chief says the suspect fired multiple rounds at the officers with a handgun and he officers returned fire. Brandel says the driver was pronounced dead at a hospital. The Macon County Coroner identified the motorist as 32-year-old Jamontey O. Neal of Decatur. Brandel says one officer was hit multiple times and a second officer was shot once.

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