BERWYN, Sick. (WLS) — ABC7 on Sunday evening obtained the primary look within a west suburban residence the place two canine had been shot and killed by a downstate homicide suspect.
The gunman was later shot and killed by Berwyn police. The canine’ proprietor, Scott Wishecoby, recounted the violent encounter that left his Berwyn residence riddled with gunfire.
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The daddy and canine proprietor described Wednesday evening as a struggle for his and household’s lives as he got here face-to-face with an armed residence intruder who unleashed a barrage of bullets within his residence, killing two of his beloved canine.
“And he simply began taking pictures at me. ‘Pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,'” Wishecoby mentioned. “I wasn’t anticipating to see a serial killer down there. I wasn’t anticipating to see someone who simply murdered three folks downstate.”
Regardless of his ongoing heartache, the season of giving decorates Wishecoby’s residence, however ever since late Wednesday evening, he’s reminded that two of his canine companions had been taken away from him.
“The vacancy is there, for positive,” Wishecoby mentioned.
Wishecoby recalled the second the needed man kicked down his door.
“I heard lots of thumping,” Wishecoby mentioned. “I scream down there, ‘Is anyone down there? I will let my canine down there. Is anyone down there?'”
“And the canine go down. They bark a bit bit,” Wishecoby continued. “So, I come down and I see a laser. After I got here round this nook right here, that is once I made eye contact with him. After which, he simply began taking pictures, taking pictures, taking pictures proper from that nook.”
That’s when Wishecoby and his son ran away from who, police mentioned, was 24-year-old Westchester man John Lyons, a suspect related to a triple homicide that occurred 150 miles away.
The intruder then chased after him up the steps.
“I used to be placing my weight, like this, you already know? And he is making an attempt to drive it open,” Wishecoby mentioned.
Lyons fired photographs by the wall earlier than escaping out the basement door.
Moments later, Berwyn police shot and killed Lyons, however not earlier than he left a litter with out 8-year-old Pitbull Missy and her pup, Bear.
However that fateful evening introduced help from the group.
“The mayor had dropped off a Christmas field. It had all types of goodies in there for Christmas dinner,” Wishecoby mentioned.
Wishecoby continued, “Love the household that you’ve and that you simply’re with, since you by no means know when.”
The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Process Power continues to guide the investigation into the officers’ use of drive.
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