CRITTENDEN COUNTY, Ky. — A Chicago native and longtime leader on the Chicago Police Department SWAT Team was critically wounded in a shooting in Kentucky, where he now serves on the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Department.
Deputy Rick Coyle, who grew up on Chicago’s South Side and attended Brother Rice High School, moved to Kentucky with his wife in 2019 after retiring from CPD. After joining the sheriff’s department, he took on a role as a school resource officer (SRO) with Crittenden County Schools in 2024.
According to Kentucky State Police, Coyle remains in critical condition after he was shot in the line of duty Thursday night. Sources with knowledge of the situation tell WGN-TV he was shot in the head and a bullet struck him in the vest.
Officers with the sheriff’s office, along with staff from the Kentucky Department of Community Based services, responded to a home in the Sturgis area to serve emergency guardianship paperwork around 5 p.m., according to KSP…