RIP Deputy Troy Chisum Fulton County IL Sheriff's Department

Fulton County IL Deputy Troy Chisum, age 39, dies after being shot responding to a battery/disturbance call.

https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190626/suspect-arrested-in-shooting-death-of-fulton-county-deputy

AVON ? A man accused of shooting and killing a Fulton County Sheriff?s deputy Tuesday has been arrested, authorities said Wednesday.

Nathan Woodring, 42, of Avon was implicated in the death of Troy Chisum, a deputy who reported to a rural residence east of the village regarding a battery and a disturbance. A police standoff of almost 19 hours ensued. Woodring barricaded himself inside the residence in the 5200 block of Troy Road.

The shooting took place about 2 p.m. Tuesday. At about 8:20 a.m. Wednesday, Woodring was taken into custody without incident.

The announcement of Woodring?s arrest was made during a news conference at Avon Village Hall. Few details were revealed.

Illinois State Police Lt. Jon Dively and Fulton County Sheriff Jeff Standard presided over the five-minute conference, during which they accepted no questions.

?I stand before you today saddened and at a loss of adequate words to express the grief we are feeling over the loss of one of our own,? Standard said.

Chisum had been with the sheriff?s office about 4? years.

Nobody else was injured in the shooting, Dively said. It wasn?t clear if the residence in northwest Fulton County, about 45 miles west of Peoria, was Woodring?s.

Pending formal charges, Woodring was being held at the McDonough County Jail in Macomb.

?He will be housed with us until told otherwise,? McDonough County Sheriff Nick Petitgout stated in an email.

Woodring is to be charged in Fulton County Circuit Court in Lewistown. The time and date haven?t been determined, according to Petitgout.

The accused has been convicted of multiple crimes in Knox County, including felonies.

In 1996, Woodring was sentenced to two years in state prison for felony possession of cannabis, according to court records.

Three years later, Woodring received four years? probation on felony counts of possession with intent to deliver cocaine and cannabis.

Woodring also was convicted in 2000 in Knox County of misdemeanor disorderly conduct and sentenced to unspecified jail time. A pair of felony mob-action counts was dismissed.

In Fulton County, Woodring pleaded guilty in 2017 to a charge of resisting a peace officer and was sentenced to two years? probation, per court records. That incident stemmed from a traffic stop.

State Police SWAT personnel and crisis negotiators were among those who participated in apprehending Woodring in this case.

Dively also cited as many as 18 other public-safety agencies, as well as Fulton County Board Chairman Jason Strandberg.

?Mercifully, this incident was concluded with no further harm to first responders, and this defendant can now be brought to justice,? Brendan Kelly, the State Police acting director, said in a statement.

Chisum?s body was transported Wednesday afternoon from the Peoria County Coroner?s Office to Lewistown. The procession winded through Peoria, Farmington and Canton, among other places.

Steve Kinney of East Peoria watched the procession as it passed Maxwell and Plank roads in Peoria County. He and Chisum worked together for more than a decade on the ambulance crew of the Northern Tazewell Fire District, which covers parts of East Peoria and Washington.

?I was driving at the time and I about wrecked my van,? Kinney said about his reaction when he learned Chisum had been killed.

?He was a one-of-a-kind individual. Caring, compassionate, all those kind of things. But just a great guy to be around and a good partner to work with.?

Northern Tazewell handles about 1,000 ambulance calls a year, Kinney said. He and Chisum made their share of them.

?Running calls with Troy, it really wasn?t that stressful,? Kinney said. ?He?s the kind of guy who would put you at ease, no matter what situation you were in. ... He was never hot-headed, never off the chain.

?He was able to bring life into the room wherever he was at, and he loved doing what he did.?