Uploaded June 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The Naperville Police Department provides the body-worn camera footage from a June 3, 2022, officer-involved shooting. Viewer discretion is advised. This version was edited for time.
June 14, 2022, Naperville police released a graphic video Tuesday that shows a veteran Naperville police officer fatally shooting a 28-year-old Naperville man who came at him with a hatchet on June 3.
In introducing the footage from the body and dashboard camera video, Police Chief Jason Arres said the officer was conducting a routine traffic stop at about 11 a.m. near Bond Street and McDowell Road when a second vehicle pulls up to the scene.
"A man quickly exits the vehicle and immediately charges at the officer with a hatchet in his hand," Arres said.
The video shows the officer shooting his gun six times and striking the man, who then falls to the ground.
"This scene went quickly from a traffic stop for a minor violation to an attack on a police officer by an uninvolved party, demonstrating just how dangerous the job of a police officer is," Arres said.
The officer holds the attacker at gunpoint while waiting for police backup and paramedics to arrive.
The man, identified Edward C. Samaan by the DuPage County Coroner's Office, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The cause and manner of death remain pending further investigation, including toxicology reports, the coroner's office said in a statement.
"Any loss of life is tragic, and our thoughts are with the family of the deceased," Arres said.
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The Naperville Police Department provides the body-worn camera footage from a June 3, 2022, officer-involved shooting. Viewer discretion is advised. This version was edited for time.
June 14, 2022, Naperville police released a graphic video Tuesday that shows a veteran Naperville police officer fatally shooting a 28-year-old Naperville man who came at him with a hatchet on June 3.
In introducing the footage from the body and dashboard camera video, Police Chief Jason Arres said the officer was conducting a routine traffic stop at about 11 a.m. near Bond Street and McDowell Road when a second vehicle pulls up to the scene.
"A man quickly exits the vehicle and immediately charges at the officer with a hatchet in his hand," Arres said.
The video shows the officer shooting his gun six times and striking the man, who then falls to the ground.
"This scene went quickly from a traffic stop for a minor violation to an attack on a police officer by an uninvolved party, demonstrating just how dangerous the job of a police officer is," Arres said.
The officer holds the attacker at gunpoint while waiting for police backup and paramedics to arrive.
The man, identified Edward C. Samaan by the DuPage County Coroner's Office, was taken to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The cause and manner of death remain pending further investigation, including toxicology reports, the coroner's office said in a statement.
"Any loss of life is tragic, and our thoughts are with the family of the deceased," Arres said.
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