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.
He was off-duty at the time, and the only one at home when the discovery was made.
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.
According to CNN, Abilene police chief Stan Standridge said: ‘The initial reaction was fear. Why was Officer Allen chosen?
‘That speaks volumes as it relates to how vulnerable are we. … We look like we’re prepared for anything.
‘But the reality is, we’re just like you. We go to the same schools in this community. We attend the same churches. We eat at the same restaurants. We are just like you.’
Allen, who had worked as a police officer since his early 20s, had recently got engaged.
Abilene’s chief of police, Stan Standridge, described him as a ‘great man and great peace officer’ who was dutiful and respected by his peers.
Standridge said: ‘This family is heartbroken over the loss of their loved one, as is our police family. Parents should not have to bury their children, and this family certainly needs our love and prayers during this time.’
Allen is due to be buried later this week.
The calls for an outright race war are growing exponentially out there. #BlackLivesMatter was on the radio yesterday calling for the deaths of all whites and cops. Their supporters were saying that Goforth deserved to die because of his perv eyes. Marc Lamont Hill had the nerve to get up there with Sheriff Clarke and say that they don’t want to kill police, while #BlackLivesMatter was marching in Minnesota chanting, “Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon!” Then leaders of the hate group said that was ‘playful’ banter. Right… that’s why cop’s bodies are piling up across the nation. Now, not only do police have to grow eyes in the backs of their heads and worry about themselves and their partners being taken down constantly, they have to worry about their family and friends as this heats up. Each of us should now be watching carefully things that are going on around us and we should be prepared to act if we have to. The violence in the streets we have dreaded for so long is now here thanks to Obama and the Marxists.