GRANITE CITY — The man suspected of shooting a Granite City police officer was taken into custody early Saturday by state and federal authorities, Illinois State Police said Saturday morning.
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Photos released by the Granite City Police Department show a man they say is wanted in connection to the shooting of a Granite City police officer on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.Â
A state police crime scene investigator loads evidence into the back of a vehicle outside 51ºÚÁÏ University Hospital, where a Granite City police officer was taken after being shot, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
Granite City Police Chief Gary Brooks, center, answers questions at a press conference with Granite City Police Capt. Adam Connors, left, and Granite City Mayor Mike Parkinson, right, at 51ºÚÁÏ University Hospital in 51ºÚÁÏ, on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. A Granite City police officer was shot on duty.
Police officers gather evidence at the scene where a Granite City police officer was shot in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
Police officers gather at the scene where a Granite City police officer was shot in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
Police officers gather at the scene where a Granite City police officer was shot in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
A police officer walks by part of a taped off crime scene a block away from where hours earlier a Granite City police officer was shot in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
A police officer searches for a suspect in the dumpsters of businesses in the Nameoki Commons shopping center a few blocks from the scene where a Granite City police officer was shot in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
Police officers search for a suspect in the dumpsters of businesses in the Nameoki Commons shopping center a few blocks from the scene where a Granite City police officer was shot in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
A police officer is pulled by his dog down an alley in the 2800 block of Madison Avenue in Granite City as police continue an intense search for a suspect who shot a Granite City police officer hours earlier in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025.
Police officers surround a house in the 2800 block of Madison Avenue searching for a suspected who hours earlier shot a Granite City police officer in the 1500 block of Johnson Road in Granite City on Friday, Dec. 5, 2025. After about an hour and an unsuccessful search of the house police left the area.
