Suspect in Illinois, Indiana Shooting Spree Arrested

Suspect in Illinois, Indiana Shooting Spree Arrested

Published : Friday, 08 Oct 2010, 9:05 AM CDT
FOX Chicago News

Chicago - A suspect in shootings that killed one man and injured two others in Beecher, Ill. and Lowell, Ind. has been arrested.

Will County sheriff's spokesman Pat Barry confirmed the suspect had been taken into custody.

Schools in Lowell, Ind. reopened Thursday after they were closed Wednesday out of safety concerns.

Police had formed a bi-state task force and released a sketch of the gunman wanted for killing a construction worker in Beecher and wounding two others, including a farmer in Lowell.

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http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/shooting-spree-suspect-arrested-lowell-indiana-beecher-honeybees-20101008

BREAKING: Suspect apprehended in bi-state shooting spree

CHICAGO (WLS/AP) - WLS-AM has confirmed that the Will County Sheriff's Department has a suspect in custody Friday morning in connection with this week's shooting spree in Illinois and Indiana.

A press conference is scheduled for later today.

The first shooting happened around 10:48 a.m. on Tuesday near south suburban Beecher, officials said.

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http://www.wlsam.com/Article.asp?id=1979361&spid=

This is crazy!

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CHICAGO (WLS/WJOL/STMW) - A Lynnwood police officer was arrested Friday morning in connection with the interestate shootings early this week that killed one man and seriously injured two others.Brian Dorian, 37, a Lynnwood, Illinois police officer was arrested by Will County Sheriff's police at about 1 a.m. at a home in south suburban Lynnwood, according to WJOL News in Joliet.


A police officer! Thank goodness they caught him before he harmed anyone else. I'm sure all residents were on pins and needles until this guy was caught.

Dorian pleads not guilty in initial court appearance

Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:45 pm
By Rich Bird rich.bird@nwi.com

JOLIET | The initial court appearance Tuesday for Brian Dorian, the south suburban police officer charged in the Oct. 5 shooting death of a Hammond man, was quick in a packed courtroom where the defendant was not present.

An image of Dorian, 37, of Crete Township, appeared on a video screen, beamed to the Will County Courthouse from a small room at the Will County jail.

His defense attorney David Carlson entered a plea of not guilty on Dorian's behalf. Will County Judge Marzell Richardson set a Nov. 9 date for a preliminary hearing and/or arraignment.

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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/5cc4e875-6d9d-5fb8-8794-c7bf295d45eb.html

Attorney: Charges to be droppped against Lynwood cop accused in shooting spree

October 12, 2010
BY JOE HOSEY, DAN ROZEK AND JOHN K. RYAN Staff Reporters

A Lynwood police officer accused of a murdering a man in a two-state shooting spree is expected to be freed Tuesday night, his attorney told the Joliet Herald-News.

Bob Odekirk said authorities were able to verify the alibi for Brian Dorian, who had been charged with first-degree murder Friday in the murder last week of a construction worker.

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Prosecutors and investigators were able to verify that Dorian, of Crete, was using his computer until at least 11 a.m. the day of the shootings, Odekirk said.

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2796804,brian-dorian-charges-dropped-101210.article

Dorian free, charge to be dropped

By Rich Bird
Posted: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:26 pm

JOLIET | The Lynwood police officer charged in the Oct. 5 shooting death of a Hammond man near Beecher has been released, and the charge against his is scheduled to be dropped.

According to the Illinois Victim Notification System, an online announcement service provided by the Will County Jail, Brian Dorian, 37, of Crete Township, was released about 6:30 p.m.

Dorian was arrested early Friday at his home and was being held on $2.5 million bond. That was changed to a personal recognizance bond, which only reqires a signature. A formal motion to dismiss the charges is scheduled to be filed at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Will county Court.

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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/b25c6793-f44d-5fd1-908e-746a4b4ed5ce.html

I'm confused. Can someone kindly please explain? Is the community safe????????

Okay, so next question.

Does the safety of this community matter?????? Forgive my ignorance, why has he been released???

All I know is that he has an alibi.

Accused NW Indiana shooter to be freed, alibi checks out

Submitted by Bryan Alaspa on 2010-10-13

Brian Dorian, the former Lynwood police officer who had been arrested as the “Honey Bee Killer” is expected to go free according to lawyers and the Will County Prosecutor’s office. The report, on the same day Dorian appeared for the first time in court, means that the man accused of shooting three people, killing one, is still on the loose. According to Dorian’s attorney, police were able to verify his alibi.

Dorian’s attorney, Bob Odekirk, spoke with a local newspaper about the recent developments. He stated that the police were able to determine that Dorian was using his computer at 11 a.m. the day of the shooting, as he had told police. This means he would have been at home and online instead of where the shootings took place.

Press conference coming

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http://www.huliq.com/10304/accused-nw-indiana-shooter-be-freed-alibi-checks-out

Botched, Stalled Cases Hurting Will County's Credibility?

By Alex Perez
NBCChicago.com NBCChicago.com
updated 2 hours 55 minutes ago 2010-10-14T02:15:10

The release of a Lynwood police officer, who had been accused of killing one man and injuring two others in a two-state shooting spree, is another blow to a law enforcement agency that's suffered a number setbacks in high-profile cases.

The Will County State's attorney on Wednesday formally dropped charges against Brian Dorian, who they'd accused of being the so-called Honey Bee Killer.

Other botched or stalled cases include the recent dismissal of felony weapons charges against Drew Peterson, who is awaiting trial on charges he killed his third wife, Kathleen Savio. Her March 2004 death was initially ruled accidental but was later determined to be a homicide. Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy Peterson, went missing in October 2007.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39661141/ns/local_news-chicago_il/

Residents Fear the Return of the Honey Bee Killer

By Anthony Ponce
NBCChicago.com NBCChicago.com
updated 10/13/2010 7:16:20 PM ET 2010-10-13T23:16:20

Brian Dorian's release from jail Wednesday afternoon left the residents of Lowell, Ind., (population 8500) with frayed nerves.

His release means a potentially unstable killer is still on the loose. Before his arrest locals were reportedly locking their doors and loading their guns because of they feared the strange "Honey Bee Killer" was lurking.

"But you can't live your life in fear, just because something like this happened," said Jackie Hansen of nearby Crown Point.

Some residents said they weren't surprised by the dramatic turn of events, pointing out differences in the police sketch provided during the manhunt and Dorian's subsequent mug shot.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39655988/ns/local_news-chicago_il/

Bistate shooter killed in Orland Park holdup?


By Pete Nickeas pete.nickeas@nwi.com, (219) 933-4183 nwi.com | Posted: Monday, December 13, 2010 12:00 am

CROWN POINT | Lake County Sheriff Rogelio "Roy" Dominguez said his department is working with police in Illinois to determine if a suspect shot dead in an attempted robbery is connected to Oct. 5 shootings that killed one man and injured two others in Beecher and Lowell.

A man was killed trying to rob an LA Tan salon in Orland Park on Saturday evening, according to a release from the village Police Department.

"Our detectives and the detectives in the Will County sheriff's office and Orland Park investigative units have been in contact to investigate the shooting that occurred in Orland, to see if there's a connection between that and (the shootings) in Beecher and here in Lowell," Dominguez said.

He would not elaborate on why the bistate shooting investigators were looking into the Orland Park incident


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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/article_dfcfc919-071e-5c01-b80b-1f3d7bcc3462.html

L.A. Tan, "Honeybee" Weapons Match: Reports

NBCChicago.com
updated 2 hours 23 minutes ago 2010-12-14T03:16:00

The gun used in this weekend's botched robbery attempt at a suburban tanning salon is the same one that was used in a two-state shooting spree two months ago, according to published reports.

Both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune, citing sources, report that ballistics testing on the handgun carried into an Orland Park L.A. Tan by Gary Amaya on Saturday tie it to tests done on bullet casings recovered from the Oct. 5. shootings in Beecher, Ill., and Lowell, Ind.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40641065/ns/local_news-chicago_il/

Tanning salon gun matches gun in ‘honeybee’ spree, source says

BY DAN ROZEK AND KIM JANSSEN Staff Reporters Dec 13, 2010 09:22PM

The pistol used in a weekend robbery at an Orland Park tanning parlor is the same weapon that killed a man and wounded two others during a two-state shooting spree last October, a law enforcement source said Monday.

Ballistic tests show the handgun Gary Amaya carried during the Saturday holdup at L.A. Tan also was used in an Oct. 5 shooting in rural Will County and another that occurred later the same day near Lowell, Ind., the source disclosed.

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http://www.suntimes.com/2833254-452/amaya-town-county-killed-robbery.html

Wow, so Gary Amaya was the killer? No one will ever know why he gunned those innocent people down.

Hooker says honeybee suspect tried to nab her before he was shot dead


By KIM JANSSEN, FRANK MAIN AND DAN ROZEK Staff Reporters Dec 15, 2010 05:15AM

Before he was gunned down robbing a tanning salon, suspected “honeybee” killer Gary Amaya tried to handcuff a Chicago prostitute inside his pickup truck, then fired a shot as she escaped, authorities said Tuesday.

The bullet missed, but Amaya kept her brown counterfeit Coach purse, the woman told police when she reported the Saturday morning attack.

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http://www.suntimes.com/2844174-460/amaya-police-shot-truck-park.html

Victim Says Amaya Is "Honeybee Killer"


By Charlie Wojciechowski
NBCChicago.com NBCChicago.com
updated 1 hour 48 minutes ago 2010-12-17T00:15:31

One of the so-called "Honeybee Killer's" victims said he's positive the man shot and killed during a robbery attempt at an Orland Park tanning salon over the weekend is the gunman who shot him.

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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40708840/ns/local_news-chicago_il/

Injured farmer says he told police 'they had the wrong guy'


By Lauri Harvey Keagle lauri.keagle@nwi.com, (219) 852-4311 nwi.com | Posted: Friday, December 17, 2010 5:30 pm

The Lowell farmer who survived the Oct. 5 bistate shooting spree told police "they had the wrong guy" when Will County charged Lynwood Police Officer Brian Dorian in connection with the crimes.

"I told Lake County after they arrested him in Will County they had the wrong guy, and they said, 'We know,'" Keith Dahl said Friday.

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http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/lowell/164f0763-55cd-519f-b72b-2d6972aaa440.html