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Man accused of shooting deputy makes court appearance

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A central Illinois man accused of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy attempting to serve an arrest warrant has made his first court appearance.

Floyd E. Brown of Springfield is charged with first-degree murder in the death of McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner. The deputy was shot Thursday at a hotel in Rockford, about 80 miles (128.7 kilometers) northwest of Chicago.

Brown fled after the shooting in a vehicle that crashed along an interstate about 170 miles away, sparking a standoff. He was eventually arrested on murder charges.

The 39-year-old Brown did not enter a plea Monday before Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston, who set a March 20 preliminary hearing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Talia Bucci sought detention for Brown. Defense attorney Paul Gaziano didn't object.

A funeral will be held Wednesday for the 35-year-old Keltner.

People line the street for the procession from a Rockford, Ill. hospital to the funeral home Friday, March 8, 2019, in Huntley, Ill., for fallen McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner. An Illinois man faces federal murder charges in the shooting death of the sheriff's deputy that led to an hourslong standoff with police along an interstate. (Patrick Kunzer/Daily Herald via AP) The Associated Press
People line the street for a procession from a Rockford, Ill., hospital to the funeral home in Huntley, Ill., on Friday evening, March 8, 2019, for fallen McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner. An Illinois man faces federal murder charges in the shooting death of the sheriff's deputy that led to an hourslong standoff with police along an interstate. (Patrick Kunzer/Daily Herald via AP) The Associated Press
Aubrey Point, 14, from left, Lyndi Kenney, 16, and Natalie Roesslein,15, all from Oregon, watch a procession of law enforcement vehicles and the hearse carrying the body of slain McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner outside the Winnebago County Coroner's Office Friday, March 8, 2019, in Rockford, Ill. An Illinois man faces federal murder charges in the shooting death of the sheriff's deputy that led to an hourslong standoff with police along an interstate. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP) The Associated Press
People line the street for a procession from a Rockford, Ill. hospital to the funeral home Friday, March 8, 2019, in Huntley, Ill., for fallen McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner. Elizabeth Hartzog of Huntley weeps as the hearse passes. An Illinois man faces federal murder charges in the shooting death of the sheriff's deputy that led to an hourslong standoff with police along an interstate. (Patrick Kunzer/Daily Herald via AP) The Associated Press
People line the street for the procession from a Rockford, Ill. hospital to the funeral home Friday, March 8, 2019, in Huntley, Ill., for fallen McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner. An Illinois man faces federal murder charges in the shooting death of the sheriff's deputy that led to an hourslong standoff with police along an interstate. (Patrick Kunzer/Daily Herald via AP) The Associated Press
McHenry County Sheriff Bill Primm speaks during a news conference, Thursday, March 7, 2019, at the Rockford Police Department District 3 Headquarters in Rockford, Ill. Floyd E. Brown suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy and wounding a woman at an Illinois hotel was taken into custody Thursday after an hours-long standoff that began when he crashed his vehicle along an interstate highway, authorities said. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP) The Associated Press
David Ott, president of Rock Valley Garden Center, points to damage, including the bullet hole at right, on Friday, March 8, 2019, at the store in Rockford, Ill., a day after the fatal shooting of McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner at a hotel on Thursday. An Illinois man faces federal murder charges in the shooting death of the sheriff's deputy that led to an hourslong standoff with police along an interstate. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP) The Associated Press
A procession of law enforcement vehicles stretching miles long transporting the body of McHenry County Sheriff's Deputy Jacob Keltner from Mercyhealth's Javon Bea Hospital and Physician Clinic-Riverside to the Winnebago County Coroner's Office passes along East State Street on Thursday, March 7, 2019, along East State Street in Rockford, Ill. Floyd E. Brown, 39, is accused of fatally shooting 35-year-old Deputy Jacob Keltner, a 12 ½-year veteran of the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office. (Scott P. Yates/Rockford Register Star via AP) The Associated Press
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