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Timothy Jones, shot multiple times in 2016 while responding to a break-in, died after nearly a decade-long recovery and was honored as a detective in 2021.
- On Thursday morning, the Park Forest Police Department announced Detective Timothy Jones died Wednesday, ending a nearly 10-year medical battle tied to the 2016 shooting.
- Responding to a reported break-in in March 2016, the 24-year-old Jones was shot multiple times and required emergency surgery after doctors said he had little chance to survive.
- Community fundraisers and the viral tag #TimStrong helped sell more than 100 T-shirts, while the department retired badge number 204 and named Jones honorary detective.
- The Park Forest Police Department asked for privacy for the family of Timothy Jones while funeral arrangements are pending, and officials said his organs will bless 75 people.
- Village leaders noted lasting tributes and remembrances as the 2024 homage honored Jones, whose legacy inspired Mayor Joseph Woods to call him `a superhero` who ran to danger.
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Park Forest police Officer Tim Jones dies nearly a decade after shooting
Tim Jones, a Park Forest police officer and the son of former Country Club Hills Police chief William Jones, died Wednesday, nearly 10 years after he was shot multiple times in a nearly deadly confrontation with an intruder in a vacant house. Jones, then 24, and a member of the Police Department for less than one year, suffered bullet wounds to his head and his neck during an exchange of gunfire in which the trespasser, Thurman Reynolds, was kil…
Park Forest detective dies nearly 10 years after being shot in the line of duty, 'Hearts are broken'
Timothy Jones, a Park Forest detective, has died nearly 10 years after he was shot in the line of duty, the suburban police department announced Thursday morning. "Yesterday, Tim’s long and difficult battle came to an end. And while our hearts are broken, we remain incredibly proud of the fight he gave," the police department said in a social media post announcing his death. "Tim will always be an inspiration and a reminder of the power of stren…
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