The Prosecutor's Office said Kevin Zimmerman ran at the officers with knives, slashed at them and knocked them to the floor before the officers fired their weapons.
DUNKIRK, Ind. — The Jay County Prosecutor's Office has determined the Dunkirk police chief and another officer were justified when they fatally shot a man earlier this month, saying the man lunged at them both with knives and attacked them before the officers fired their weapons.
Mumbower and Post were responding on March 3 to a home in the 200 block of Mount Auburn Street for a call from Zimmerman saying he believed someone was trying to harm him. There, the officers announced themselves as police and knocked on the door several times, but Zimmerman would not come outside, according to the Prosecutor's Office.
Mumbower then saw Zimmerman crouched down in the kitchen and told him to come outside to talk with officers. Zimmerman then leapt up and ran toward Mumbower with both his arms raised and an 8-inch butcher knife in hand, according to the Prosecutor's Office. Mumbower received medical treatment for a deep knife wound to his hand, while Post suffered minor puncture wounds as well as small cuts and abrasions that didn't require medical attention.
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