Three cops murdered in less than a week: Another officer is found slaughtered in his Texas home amid growing safety fears and a manhunt for the Illinois cop killers who got away

By: American Decency Staff

A Texas police officer was found murdered in his home just hours before an officer in Illinois was gunned down in the street on a morning patrol.

Don Allen, 27, was killed at home some time Monday evening in Clyde, Texas, and found by family members around 7pm. 

Authorities have not released details of his death, but launched a homicide investigation over Allen, who has served in the Abilene police department for three years.

The discovery of the dead officer comes at the same time as police in Fox Lake, Illinois, have launched a search for three armed suspects in the death of an officer.

Charles Joseph Gliniewicz, 52, died of gunshot wounds Tuesday morning in the Chicago suburb, prompting a search for three suspicious men he was chasing just before he died.

Officer Allen's death also came just days after a sheriff's deputy, Darren Goforth, was shot dead at a gas station near Houston while filling up his patrol car.

The latest killing – the third in less than a week – has prompted fear among other officers.

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