Man pulls gun on police while breaking protection order Zion police fatal shooting - George Franklin

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Zion, Illinois – On Thursday, September 8, 2022 at 6:20 p.m., Zion police were called by a woman who said a relative – a 47-year-old man – was trying to break into her home in the 2800 block of Ezra Avenue. The woman said she had an order of protection against the man. Upon arriving at the scene, Zion police found a man near the back door of the home and when they started talking to him, body cam video shows he took out a gun and faced the officers with it. The man, later identified as George Franklin, 47, of Zion by the Lake County Coroner's Office, refused to drop the gun when ordered to do so, and began firing shots. The officers retreated and Franklin ran about a block west with the gun, police said. A third Zion police officer encountered Franklin and shot him. Franklin’s gun was recovered at the scene. Bodycam footage shows officers performing life-saving efforts. Franklin was taken to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan where he was pronounced dead. No officers were injured, but the officer who shot the man was taken to an area hospital for evaluation. Zion is a city in Lake County, Illinois about 50 miles north from Chicago.