A rural Illinois bar owner was gunned down by a convicted murderer in an “execution-style” shooting shortly before opening her business for the day Monday.
Courtney Drysdale, 30, was fatally shot by suspected gunman Julius E. Burkes Jr. just after 11 a.m. as she was going about her normal routine, according to the Kankakee County Sheriff’s Office.
Police responded to The Line bar, located on Route 114 in Momence, Ill., at the Indiana border, where they discovered Drysdale’s body. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Burkes, 47, allegedly entered the bar brandishing a firearm, demanding Drysdale hand over the money inside the cash register, Kankakee County Sheriff Mike Downey told reporters Tuesday, according to NBC Chicago.
