Will County Deputy Shoots Lockport Township Teen Who Attacked Her With a Knife
The two underwent surgery at Provena St. Joseph Medical Center.
A Will County Sheriff’s deputy shot a teenager who slashed her across the face as she and another officer responded to a domestic incident Thursday night in Lockport Township, police said. According to Will County Sheriff's police, they got a call at 7:30 p.m. about a 17-year-old wielding a knife and threatening family members on Gaylord Road. Two deputies were allowed inside by a family member. While there, a deputy, who has been on the force for only two years, spotted Jose Chavez in the hallway holding a knife. She and the other deputy "repeatedly ordered Chavez to drop the knife," but he refused, said Kathy Hoffmeyer, Will County Sheriff's Department spokesperson. Chavez rushed the two deputies and attacked one with the knife. "The …
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matt gentry
1:19 pm on Sunday, December 23, 2012
this is probably coming from a person who was most likely arrested by the police multiple times for drugs or weapons charges. He is just mad that he got caught and feels like he is a big man. He doesn't understand the danger in the job. it is okay if he feels that way. One day when he will need the police they will still show up and assist this man in anything they can, then he will have … more ›