Three sheriff’s deputies among four shot at home in northern Illinois

In USA, three deputies and the suspected gunman were shot and injured after officers responded to a home inside a gated community in northern Illinois Wednesday, authorities said.Ambulances and two medical helicopters were called to the scene in Dixon where there also was a massive police presence, according to a post on the Winnebago Boone and Ogle County Fire/Ems Incidents Facebook page.A person answering the phone at the Ogle County Sheriff's Department would not comment when reached by The Associated Press. The department website said a news conference would be held at 3:30 p.m.
Yellow police tape blocked at least one driveway and an Ogle County sheriff's mobile command centre was parked at the end of the drive. Lost Lake's property owner's association describes the area as a “country style community” with about 700 owners near the cities of Dixon, Franklin Grove and Oregon.