Illinois officer dies after falling 50 feet during chase

EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (AP) — An auxiliary police officer is dead after falling 50 feet (15 meters) while chasing suspects across a bridge in East St. Louis.
Authorities say 44-year-old Ricardo Davis vaulted over a concrete barrier on the Poplar Street Bridge Saturday afternoon, but apparently didn’t realize the span didn’t continue on the other side. Davis suffered multiple broken bones and internal bleeding, and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
The car that he and other Washi