It what they’re calling their biggest man hunt in recent memory Aurora Police and Kane County Sheriff K-9 units have been deployed to join a manhunt for a suspect in the shooting of two McHenry County deputies early Thursday morning. The suspect was caught later in the day.
McHenry police requested K-9 units from a number of local police departments, including every single dog and handler from Aurora and Kane County in the hunt for Scott Peters.
Scott B. Peters, 52, is the subject of a manhunt in McHenry County in connection with the shooting of two sheriff’s deputies early Thursday morning. Police say he should be considered armed and dangerous. | Handout
The two units were conducting a standard school search exercise at Jewel Middle School in North Aurora when they received the deployment call Thursday morning.
“They requested all of our units,” Kane County Under Sheriff Patrick Gengler said. “It was a pretty major call.”
The dogs and handlers have trained for an event like this, Gengler said. They are pros in search and tracking missions.
“They don’t just do cute demos and walk in parades,” Gengler said. “They know what to do when they’re brought into this situation. They are a great tool.”
Aurora Police Department spokesman Dan Ferrelli said all four of the department’s K-9 units were sent to McHenry. The dogs, trained extensively in people and article searches, are a huge asset to law enforcement, he said.
“This is a pretty big request,” Gengler said, noting that other local K-9 units have also answered the call for help. “I’ve never seen anything on this scale.”The man hunt for 52-year-old Scott Peters began around 1:30 a.m. Thursday when two McHenry County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic dispute near northwest suburban Holiday Hills. Someone had called police, concerned for the people inside a home.
While on scene in the 1300 block of W. Northeast Shore Drive., the two deputies were shot, allegedly by Peters, McHenry County Sheriff’s Lt. James Wagner said.
A male officer — a seven-year veteran of the McHenry County Sheriff’s office — was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where he was listed in “stable but critical” condition, police said. A female deputy, a 12-year veteran, was taken to Centegra Hospital – McHenry, authorities said. Her condition had stabilized.
Peters is wanted on two counts of attempted murder for shooting the deputies during the incident. Two people who were inside the residence escaped safely by 5:45 a.m. He was taken into custody late Thursday afternoon.
WANTED Armed & Dangerous: Scott B Peters, M/W, 52, blo, blu eyes, 5'10, ~200 lbs, ongoing invest, call police if see pic.twitter.com/15riUWpA0j
— McHenry Co. Sheriff (@McHenrySheriff) October 16, 2014