1 dead after officer-involved shooting in Golconda

GOLCONDA, Ill. (KBSI) – One man is dead after an officer-involved shooting in Golconda on Tuesday, August 6.

Deputies with the United States Marshals Service and an officer with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources were trying to serve an arrest warrant on August 6 around 9:26 p.m. that issued from Indiana on 40-year-old Floyd D. Caudill of Oakland City, Indiana.

Caudill was tracked to the Lake Glendale Campground in Golconda.

Officers made verbal contact with Caudill, but say he refused to exit his tent.

Illinois State Police trropers say a shot was fired from within the tent and a deputy marshal returned fire.

Caudill was found dead in the tent.

An autopsy is pending.

Illinois State Police is leading the ongoing investigation.