Six months after ISP completed its investigation, prosecutors have yet to issue a ruling
Article Summary
- An Illinois State Police trooper shot Rachel Tarrence in East St. Louis on Jan. 4, three days before Renee Good was shot by a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent in Minneapolis.
- The St. Clair County state’s attorney has not yet made a finding of whether the officer-involved shooting was justified.
- An attorney for the family contends the shooting was not lawful and that troopers made no attempt to de-escalate the situation.
This summary was written by the reporters and editors who worked on this story.
On a Sunday night in early January, Rachel Tarrence stopped in the drive-thru lane of an East St. Louis liquor store to buy cigarettes for a friend who sat beside her. Her 4-year-old son was strapped in his car seat in the back…