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Nora and Gary Facko got the news their son was shot and killed by the Palos Hills Police Department about 10 hours after he died Feb. 15, they said.
“He was shot about 4:20 in the morning, and we didn’t get any call until about 2 o’clock from the police,” Gary Facko said. “He died at the hospital. We could’ve got there and maybe seen him.”
Now, the parents of Gerhardt Facko, 37, are calling for more information regarding the circumstances of his death.
“Our lives will never be the same,” Nora Facko said. “Every day, I swear to God, he called me at 3 o’clock. Every day, coming home from work he would call me.”
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