DEKALB, Ill. — The Illinois State Police (ISP) has released video of a fatal October police shooting that left a Rockford man dead.
According to the ISP, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office asked the ISP's Division of Criminal Investigation to investigate the Oct. 23 shooting that left 42-year-old Abram Perez dead. The shooting occurred around 5 a.m. in the 6000 block of Rich Road in DeKalb.
Following a vehicle pursuit, officers stopped the vehicle believed to be involved in a Rockford shooting the previous night. Officials found that Perez had a handgun and had taken one person hostage inside the vehicle. The hostage was released after "hours" of negotiation.
The video showed Perez holding a handgun and pointing it at himself before he began firing through his windshield in the direction of officers.
ISP said that an officer fired one round, fatally striking Perez.
Video of the incident can be found here.
