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Wheeling cop collapses during training, dies at hospital

Wheeling Police confirmed that a village police officer collapsed during a training exercise on Thursday and died two days later.

Shamekia Goodwin-Badger, 33, was pronounced dead at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge on Saturday.

She was transported to the hospital after collapsing during a training event Thursday night and did not regain consciousness.

The Cook County medical examiner’s office did not have a record of Goodwin-Badger.

The Wheeling Police Department said it would be releasing more details this morning.

  Purple and black bunting hang from the facade at the Wheeling Police Department on Monday to honor Officer Shamekia Goodwin-Badger, who died Saturday after collapsing during a training exercise Thursday. Mark Welsh/mwelsh@dailyherald.com