Naperville police released video Tuesday showing an officer fatally shooting a man who ran at him with a hatchet during a traffic stop earlier this month.
The officer pulled over a car about 11 a.m. June 3 near the intersection of Bond Street and McDowell Road when another car pulled up alongside, Naperville police said.
A man, identified as 28-year-old Edward Samaan, got out of that car and charged at the officer with a hatchet in his hand, police said.
Body-camera video shows the officer standing by the car he pulled over for driving through a stop sign. The officer had been speaking to the driver for about 11 minutes when a silver-colored vehicle, traveling in the opposite direction, pulled up and stopped next to the officer.
Samaan then jumped out of the vehicle and rushed toward the officer, appearing to hold a hatchet in his right hand, according to the video. The officer fired several shots and Samaan fell to the ground.
“I’ve just been attacked, shots fired, shots fired. Don’t move, don’t move,” the officer can be heard saying over the radio. “Send a medic.”
More officers arrived at the scene and handcuffed Samaan as he laid on the ground. Paramedics showed up shortly after and began to work on Samaan.
“Dude, he just pulled up for no reason,” the officer who fired the shots can be heard telling another officer.
Samaan was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The officer, a 22-year veteran of the department, was not injured.
An independent investigation into the officer’s use of force is being conducted by the DuPage County Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigative Team and the DuPage County state’s attorney’s office.
(Source: Sun-Times Media Wire & Chicago Sun-Times 2022. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)
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