ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) – Authorities are investigating two-weekend police shootings in Rockford, including one in which a man was killed. The first shooting happened Saturday afternoon a Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a man who was charging him with a metal pipe. The man who was shot was pronounced dead a short time later at an area hospital. The second shooting happened Sunday evening. Authorities say a Rockford Police officer shot and wounded a 19-year-old man. No other details on either shooting have been provided. Both are being investigated by the Winnebago-Boone County Integrity Task Force, which investigates police shootings in the region.
