Police killings
2013-2020

Barry Cloninger

Male, White

Date of the incident: 1/4/2013

Edwardsville, Madison, IL
7100 IL-140

Police responded to a report by a neighbor (part of an ongoing dispute) that flammable liquid might have been poured down a chimney. On arrival, the Madison County Sheriff's Office alleges that the suspect pointed a shotgun in Sgt. Bill Marconi's direction and refused to drop it. Marconi fired several shots, suspect ran and was later found dead behind his house. Cloninger's widow filed lawsuit stating that Marconi did not identify himself as a sheriff's deputy and no cause to suspect him of wrongdoing.