57-Year Prison Term for Man Who Attacked Two ISP Troopers

(DRAGAN)

A Wheeling resident has received a 57-year prison sentence for attempted murder of an Illinois State Police trooper and aggravated unlawful restraint of another trooper.

46-year-old Volodymyr Dragan's sentence resulted from two related 2019 incidents during which the defendant held one Trooper at gunpoint and shot another ISP officer during an attempted apprehension of the defendant.

On August 15, 2019, ISP Officers executed an arrest/search warrant for Dragan at his residence in Wheeling. The arrest/search warrant stemmed from an earlier incident in which Dragan held an ISP Trooper at gunpoint during a traffic stop. During the execution of the warrant, shots were fired from inside Dragan’s residence, and an ISP Officer was shot through the forearm.

The second ISP officer sustained life-threatening injuries and later recovered. At the time of the shooting, the Trooper was a five-year veteran of the ISP, and was 32 years old. The Trooper has since returned to full duty. 

Dragan has been housed at the Cook County Jail since August 15, 2019.