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Police have your back, this one at the Officer Tim Jones Street Dedication, March 19, 2018. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)(

Chicago Heights Man Stares Down Barrel of Drawn Gun After Allegedly Running from Police

by Gary Kopycinski on December 25, 2018

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pfpd, police, street dedication, timstrong, park forest, drawn gun — Police have your back, this one at the Officer Tim Jones Street Dedication, March 19, 2018. (Photo: Gary Kopycinski)

Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- A Chicago Heights man found himself staring down the barrel of an officer’s drawn gun after he allegedly ran from police and reached toward his belt a week ago Sunday. It was the judgment of the armed officer that led to an arrest with no shots fired.