Naperville police shooting: Officer shoots, kills man who allegedly attacked him with hatchet

In a press launch, Naperville police stated the officer was conducting a visitors cease close to the intersection of Bond Road and McDowell Street when an unrelated automobile pulled up subsequent to the one he had pulled over round 11 a.m.

“A person shortly exited the automobile and charged on the officer with a hatchet in his hand,” Naperville Police Chief Jason Arres stated.

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Naperville police launched a picture from the officer’s bodycam displaying the confrontation and the hatchet within the suspect’s hand.

Naperville officers had simply been outfitted with body-worn cameras final month.

The officer fired his gun and hit the suspect, who was described by police as a white male in his 20s. He was transported to a neighborhood hospital, the place he was pronounced useless. The suspect’s id is being withheld pending notification of household.

Police are attempting to find out whether or not the person who allegedly attacked the officer was someway associated to the particular person within the automobile they stopped.

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The officer, a 22-year veteran of the Naperville police division, was not injured within the incident, police stated.

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Squad automobiles, giant police automobiles, a robotic and officers in protecting gear might be seen within the space close to Route 59 and Diehl Street about 1 p.m. They eliminated a number of luggage and suitcases from the suspect’s card, putting them on the bottom to be x-rayed.

At one level police rolled out a robotic. Authorities have declined to say precisely what was discovered.

Two automobiles had been cordoned off with crime scene tape, and there gave the impression to be some street closures in place.

An axe and different obvious private gadgets might be seen within the roadway between workplace complexes.

DuPage County Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigative Workforce and the DuPage County State’s Lawyer’s Workplace are conducting an impartial investigation into the incident.

Anybody who witnessed the incident is requested to name Lt. Thayer, commander of MERIT’s public integrity crew, at 630-434-5653.