Authorities say a man shot and seriously wounded a police officer Tuesday at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. By Associated Press -- Pontoon Beach., Ill. A police officer died Tuesday after being shot by a man at gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, authorities said. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP) The Associated -- PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — A man shot and seriously wounded a police officer Tuesday at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis, authorities said.