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Abram Perez

Gender : Male

Age : 42

Race : Latino/a/e

Date : 10/23/2024

Location : Rich Road and Nelson Road

City : DeKalb Township

County : DeKalb

State : Illinois

Agency : DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, DeKalb County Special Operations Team

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police during hostage event

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On October 23, 2024, 42-year-old Abram Perez of Rockford, Illinois, was fatally shot by police following a hostage situation near Rich Road and Nelson Road in DeKalb Township, Illinois. The incident began when officers pursued a vehicle believed to be involved in a Rockford shooting the previous night. Stop sticks were used. Perez, armed with a handgun, had taken a person hostage inside the vehicle. After hours of negotiation, the hostage was released unharmed. Perez fired multiple rounds at law enforcement officers, and a police sniper shot and killed him through the vehicle's windshield.
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The Illinois State Police and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the incident.
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Last update: 12/05/2024

SOURCE LINKS :

https://abc7chicago.com/post/dekalb-illinois-shooting-rockford-man-shot-killed-police-after-hostage-standoff-idd-abram-perez-county-coroner-says/15469400
https://chronicleillinois.com/news/dekalb-county-news/video-released-of-police-shooting-of-hostage-taker
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/dekalb-county-police-shooting-video-released
https://www.wqad.com/article/news/crime/isp-releases-video-from-fatal-dekalb-police-shooting/526-32524c64-4683-442a-80a4-5ff46d8ec2e5
https://www.rrstar.com/story/news/crime/2024/11/21/police-release-video-of-rockford-mans-deadly-exchange-of-gunfire/76483600007
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/man-in-shootout-with-dekalb-county-deputies-identified
https://isp.illinois.gov/Media/PressReleaseFile/2062