Kentucky deputy critically wounded in shooting identified as retired CPD officer

Coyle was struck by gunfire from the suspect and airlifted to a hospital in Evansville, Indiana, where he remains in critical condition.

A Kentucky sheriff’s deputy who was critically injured in a shooting earlier this week previously served with the Chicago Police Department.

Deputy Rick Coyle, now with the Crittenden County Sheriff’s Office, worked as an officer and a member of the SWAT team during his time in Chicago, a former deputy chief confirmed.

According to Kentucky State Police, Coyle was shot Thursday evening while serving emergency guardianship paperwork at a residence in Sturgis, a town about 45 miles southwest of Evansville, Indiana. Authorities said gunfire was exchanged during the incident, and the 60-year-old suspect was fatally shot.

Coyle was hit by gunfire from the suspect and was airlifted to a hospital in Evansville, where he remains in critical condition.

Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison said in a Facebook post that the two have been friends for more than 30 years.

“We have been close since our freshman year at Brother Rice High School in Chicago,” Morrison said, in part. “Rick is a good man, a dedicated law enforcement officer, and someone who has always put others before himself…”

Brother Rice High School also shared a message on Facebook, saying it is “praying for one of our own.”
“We ask our entire BRotherhood to lift up Rick, his wife Jamie, his family, and his fellow deputies in prayer,” the post read, in part.

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