Oak Park police Sgt. Derrick Verge received the Police Medal of Valor from the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police for ...

Detective Allan Reddins, 40, was shot and killed outside the Oak Park Public Library on Black Friday after yelling out to suspect Jerrell Thomas, 37, to not reach for his gun.

“Allan was wise beyond his years,” said Oak Park police Chief Shatonya Johnson told those at Reddins funeral last week at the Apostolic Church of God on the south side of Chicago.

Detective Allan Reddins was killed in the line of duty on Nov. 29. He joined the Oak Park Police Department in 2019 after serving for two years as a Metra police officer.

Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling greets mourners after attending the funeral for Oak Park Detective Allan Reddins at Apostolic Church of God on the South Side, Thursday, Dec. 12, 2024.

Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A funeral will be held Thursday for fallen Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, who was shot last month while in the line of duty.

CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — A funeral will be held Thursday for fallen Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, who was shot last month while in the line of duty.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Funeral services were held Thursday for fallen Oak Park Police Detective Allan Reddins, who was shot last month while in the line of duty.

A wake and funeral service will be held Thursday at Apostolic Church of God in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood. Reddins' wake is scheduled to begin at 10:30 a.m. before a funeral service at 11 a.m.