{"id":108031,"date":"2024-12-02T18:03:30","date_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-with-chainsaw-fatally-shot-by-police-inside-senior-living-facility-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2024-12-02T18:03:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-02T18:03:30","slug":"man-with-chainsaw-fatally-shot-by-police-inside-senior-living-facility-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-with-chainsaw-fatally-shot-by-police-inside-senior-living-facility-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with chainsaw fatally shot by police inside senior-living facility, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-12-02\/Untitled%20design%20%28100%29.png\" alt><figcaption>The entrance doors of the River Glen of St. Charles, in St. Charles, Illinois, are seen in a screengrab of a video shot Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (WLS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(ST. CHARLES, IL) &#8212; A man wielding a chainsaw inside a senior-living facility in St. Charles, Illinois, was shot and killed by police early Sunday, state and local law enforcement said.<\/p>\n<p>The man, whom police have not publicly identified, was allegedly attempting to cut down a tree on the facility&#8217;s property at about 8:45 a.m. on Sunday. He was &#8220;shirtless&#8221; when police arrived at the facility, on the 900 block of North 5th Avenue, the St. Charles Police Department said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Just before police arrival, witnesses advised the subject had now gained entry to the lobby of the building and began confronting residents with the chainsaw,&#8221; the department said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers sought to deescalate the situation, but &#8220;the suspect continued his attempts to use the chainsaw against residents of the building,&#8221; as well as against responding officers, the department said.<\/p>\n<p>Officers used a taser on the man, &#8220;but his attack continued,&#8221; the press statement said. An officer then fired his gun, striking the alleged attacker, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The male suspect was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased,&#8221; the Illinois State Police said in a press release.<\/p>\n<p>Officers and residents of the assisted-living facility were treated at the scene for minor injuries, police said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are deeply grateful for the swift action of our team and law enforcement,&#8221; a spokesperson for the facility, the River Glen of St. Charles, said in a statement. &#8220;We want to emphasize that our community is secure, and all residents and staff members are safe.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Illinois State Police said it would investigate the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><em>ABC News&#8217; Maci Smith contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entrance doors of the River Glen of St. Charles, in St. Charles, Illinois, are seen in a screengrab of a video shot Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (WLS) (ST. CHARLES, IL) &#8212; A man wielding a chainsaw inside a senior-living facility in St. Charles, Illinois, was shot and killed by<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/man-with-chainsaw-fatally-shot-by-police-inside-senior-living-facility-officials-say\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}