Timothy Herring Jr. Charged In Murder Of Chicago Police Officer Michael Flisk, Former CHA Officer Stephen Peters

A 19-year-old parolee has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Chicago Police Officer Michael Flisk and a former Chicago Housing Authority cop, who were killed following a Friday burglary on the South Side.

Timothy Herring Jr., of the 8100 block of South Manistee, could face the death penalty if convicted, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Flisk, an evidence technician and 19-year veteran with the department, responded to the 8100 block of South Burnham Avenue Friday after former CHA officer Stephen Peters called police. Peters, 44, reported that his GT Mustang had been stolen. Flisk was discussing the burglary with Peters in the alley when a gunman approached and fatally shot both men.

Calumet Area detectives told the Chicago Tribune that Herring stole the vehicle, and killed Flisk and Peters because he did not want to be caught. Peters' father told the paper that the teen left a substantial amount of evidence behind, though police were not disclosing what that evidence was Monday evening.

Aside from the murder charges, the Sun-Times reports that Herring has also been charged with an "unrelated June 18 attempted murder." A source told the Tribune the victim did not press charges in June fearing that Herring would harm his mother.

Flisk was the fifth Chicago police officer to be shot and killed this year and the second in one week. Officer David Blake was found fatally shot in his SUV Monday on the South Side.

"There hasn't been a year this bad since the 1960s," Fraternal Order of Police president Mark Donahue told the Chicago Tribune over the weekend.

Officer Flisk is survived by his wife and four children. Peters, a military veteran, was retired after years of working for the Chicago Housing Authority and a suburban police department, NBC Chicago reports.

As the department tried to piece together yet another police officer's murder, hundreds of people paid respects to Officer David Blake at his funeral on Sunday.

"The thought that someone can shoot and kill a police officer is simply unacceptable," police Supt. Jody Weis said Friday.

Visitation for the Flisk is scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 30 at Brady and Gill Buneral Home in Evergreen Park from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m, according to the Chicago Police Department. Funeral services will follow on Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Rita of Cascia Shrine Chapel.

Herring has been living in the South Side neighborhood since he was released from prison on parole Sept. 14 after being convicted of armed robbery. His bond hearing is set for Tuesday.

Comments

[chef1]

01:24 AM on 01/02/2011

I'm sorry, but I am also wondering, that if the vehicle was already missing, and probably for some time. why would the perpatrator be hanging around? It just seems strange to me. If you call the police to report a vehilce stolen i'ts not like they're going to be there in a few minutes, It ,at best would take 30 minutes or so to respond to a non-emergency call. What did this guy do ,steal it and wait around the corner to see what was going to happen? I don't follow

[jmar829]

02:32 PM on 11/30/2010

Cops only get angrier when you kill one of them. The fact that multiple have been killed only leads to even more aggressive means of Law Enforcement. It's going to be an ongoing battle for quite some time.

[Kam-ila]

12:47 PM on 11/30/2010

Half the people in Chicago that commit crimes just want a warm place to sleep in the winter and some free food. Wouldn't that be great? You hurt somebody, you steal something, you rape some kids and you get a warm place to sleep at night.... maybe we should rethink the way prisons work. Actually we should think about whether prisons work at all. They figured out that they didn't in the 1800s, now that they made them even more luxurious for the prisoners, are they really gonna work now?!

[Kam-ila]

12:51 PM on 11/30/2010

Oh and I forgot to add... in Chicago we aren't allowed to carry guns openly or concealed....Maybe one day they will see that if people legally can carry guns, people might start rethinking who they steal from.

[Chicago Barrister]

01:51 PM on 11/30/2010

I believe both of the victims in this case were armed. I don't think more guns will help the situation.

[leonardjbannisterII]

11:52 AM on 11/30/2010

Negative!!!!

[Maria Egwu]

11:09 AM on 11/30/2010

Deep fry him. Dirty animal.

[iuriggs6]

11:03 AM on 11/30/2010

Fry him....

[HankyJoe]

10:09 AM on 11/30/2010

What the hell is going on. Are these children raising themselves?
My thoughts and prayers are with the families of those two who lost their life. Life is precious.

[GravitonX]

11:02 AM on 11/30/2010

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that the kid is a product of his environment.

[HankyJoe]

11:30 AM on 11/30/2010

I'm not a genius however I do understand the kid is a product of his environment. I think the whole situation is overwhelmingly sad for all involved.

[Lakesideboy]

09:41 AM on 11/30/2010

I hate to say this, but Illinois should consider implementing the death penalty. The killings in Chicago are out of hand and if murderers see what their option is they may begin to think twice.

These judges slap criminals on the wrist and then send them out into the city to kill.

[penndl]

10:18 AM on 11/30/2010

Illinois has the death penalty. It is not intended to be a deterrent of course.

[robXdion]

08:43 AM on 11/30/2010

This whole story is fishy.

- The former CHA cop needed to discuss the theft of his vehicle in a back alley??
- Do you really think a shoot and run perpetrator is going to leave behind evidence other than shell casings??
- Why didn't Fisk bring a partner or have uniformed officers as backup??

[edisnuts]

09:50 AM on 11/30/2010

are you this guys relative?
If the car was stolen from the alley that is where you do the invesitigation
The crime was over,, an evidence technician does not have a partner

and you are going to rationalize anything the accused would do ?

[robXdion]

07:37 AM on 12/09/2010

No. I'm not like you. I use commonsense while not basing my logical stance on the ethnicity of the victim or perpetrator. Many of you are coming to this with suppressed rage at blacks and this story offers a convenient release.

The overall point I'm making is it's highly unusual for a young perp of any color to stick around and attack the investigating officer.

[robXdion]

07:40 AM on 12/09/2010

And in most cities, evidence techs DO have partners or at least the wherewithal to call in for uniformed protection while processing a crime scene or even answering a complaint of a crime committed.

[Chicagofan1]

08:21 AM on 11/30/2010

I can only imagine what he will go through when he is back in jail.

[penndl]

10:23 AM on 11/30/2010

Nothing more than the rest of the born losers at 26th and California. Bad food, filthy living conditions and parading around like a below 70 IQ person might.

[jmar829]

02:27 PM on 11/30/2010

...or what will go through him! BaDa BOOM!

[Chicagofan1]

05:44 AM on 12/04/2010

LOL,
#17

[maxtruthful]

02:50 AM on 11/30/2010

Liberal laws are not working. Will things like Public Execution work better?

[midge86]

06:20 AM on 11/30/2010

seriously..clearly getting charged and convicted for armed robbery and sent to jail meant nothing to him...obviously he did not learn a single thing since he was robbing again weeks after he got out of jail...

[penndl]

10:25 AM on 11/30/2010

Justice not laws are the solution for social predators.

[DoctorWhoDat]

12:22 AM on 11/30/2010

How about some sympathy for the family and honor for the fallen.

[alley boy]

09:59 PM on 11/29/2010

That's right, it'll take the jury about 5 minutes to convict this low life/

[ChristopherAtom]

07:25 AM on 11/30/2010

You too are a primate. We are all primates. And racism is based in the primal mammalian brain. Since we have evolved, we have diminished the need to use this part of our brains, and on top of that we have grown massive frontal lobes far exceeding the size of our original brains. Maybe you should try using that part instead.

There is no justice, there is just us.

[alley boy]

12:22 AM on 12/02/2010

I don't think you get to pick which part of your brain you think with, unless I'm mistaken. Besides your thesis that racism is based on organic brain structure is flawed. It doesn't account for the animating force that we call "being alive."

[leonardjbannisterII]

09:36 PM on 11/29/2010

I am his brother n I'm not gonna hide my name or face this is wrong innocent until proven guilty

[ejhickey]

10:48 PM on 11/30/2010

he confessed to the killings

[Chicagofan1]

05:48 AM on 12/04/2010

Try to look for better relatives.