Officer-involved shooting in La Salle leaves one dead; ISP investigating

Officer-involved shooting in La Salle leaves one dead; ISP investigating

LA SALLE, Ill. (WMBD) -- A man was shot and killed Sunday by police officers after he repeatedly left a house and pointed a gun at them. The La Salle and Peru police departments were called at 1:27 p.m. to the 600 block of Chartres Street to reports of a suicidal man with a gun, said La Salle Police Chief Mike Smudzinski. When officers arrived, the man had walked outside and fired in the air before going back into the building, Officers then set…

A man was shot and killed during a confusing incident involving two individuals and several National Police officers. The incident began in front of a bar located on Arzobispo Nouel Street, almost at the corner of José Reyes, in the Colonial City. According to witnesses, two men traveling on a motorcycle, shortly before 8:00 a.m., were intercepted by police officers. When confronted, they fled shooting at the officers and one of them was killed …