For the past two years, thirty-year-old Freya Larson had lived vicariously through, of all people, herself. Knowing the death of her fiance, Rookie Officer Ian Larson, had prompted dynamic changes in the prosecution of repeat drug offenders in Barrington city did nothing to lessen the impact of his devastating loss. On the early evening of July 4, 2014, while pursuing an armed suspect into a condemned property at the corner of Pace and Singleton Streets, Ian and his partner, Calvin Woods, were ambushed in what was later verified to be a targeted gang shooting. Sustaining multiple wounds, Calvin 's injuries turned out to be non-life threatening, but Ian was hit in the side of the neck by a .38 caliber bullet, resulting in his death. Although paramedics quickly arrived within five-minutes of the shooting, it was too late, and he died at the scene. …show more content…
standing in the living room of their recently purchased town home, Freya felt as if she 'd been kicked in the gut by a powerful steed, realizing that she would never again her beautiful Ian speak words of calm into her