An Illinois police officer who sustained three gunshot wounds to the neck and jaw has since managed to fulfil a dream. Five years after the tragic incident, having suffered a traumatic brain injury, he has been honorarily promoted to the rank of detective. Park Forest police officer Timothy Jones, 29, was new on the force when he was critically wounded during a shootout in March 2016. He was escorting an armed suspect into custody when shots were fired. Doctors feared he wouldn’t survive his injuries, but miraculously, he pulled through. According to Jones’s father William, former police chief of Country Club Hills, the promotion was his son’s goal “from day one.” “It’s been an extremely long and tumultuous journey for us over the last five years,” the former chief explained to Fox 32 Chicago. “It’s going to mean a great deal to him. It’s going to mean a good deal to all of …