A man was shot by police officers after he “attacked” many people at the Brian Bemis Toyota factory in DeKalb County, Illinois, and stabbed one employee with a weapon on Wednesday.
In a media transfer following the incident, the DeKalb Police Department said,” On Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 12: 25 PM, the DeKalb Police Department received a 9-1-1 visit from the Brian Bemis Toyota dealership at 1890 Sycamore Road about a benefactor who had become upset and was brandishing a weapon. The individual subsequently attacked people, with one staff receiving a stab wound to an extremity”.
Within five minutes of the 911 call, according to the DeKalb Police Department, officers arrived and attempted to challenge the believe, who “refused to cut the knife and rather advanced.” The media release added,” Officers then shot the person, neutralizing the unique and ending the attack”.
The suspect was rapidly treated by police officers, according to the press release, who afterward transferred him to a Rockford hospital for further medical care. The suspect was apparently in” stable condition and is expected to survive,” according to the DeKalb Police Department. Additionally, the DeKalb Police Department noted that because an investigation is still being conducted into Wednesday’s tragedy, the personality of the stabbing suspect was not being made known to the general public.
The suspect’s Toyota staff was treated for a non-life-threatening injuries and was “released at the landscape,” according to the press release on Wednesday.
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DeKalb City Manager Bill Nicklas claimed that the criminal authorities had been informed of a suspect “wielding a weapon and stabbing people” according to Shaw Local News Network. Since the person “did not agree” with the orders of police officers to drop the knife, Nicklas said the meeting “ended in a police-involved shooting”.
Nicklas addressed the stabbed attack victims at Brian Bemis Toyota, saying,” We’re naturally concerned for the security of the people of Brian Bemis Toyota. And we’ll also been following up on their progress. Our souls go out to them and their people”.
Mayor of DeKalb Cohen Barnes even expressed his concern for the people of Toyota people. ” My heart goes out to the patients at Brian Bemis, the people that were there and, of course, their people”, he said. ” The real wounds will recover, there’s no doubt about that, but it’s the psychological ones that’ll possibly take longer”.