Officials with the Kane County State’s Attorney Office released new information Friday detailing the officer-involved shooting that took place in Aurora on Sunday.
Among other information, officials in a press release said the police officer was about five feet away from the suspect, Kristopher Cross of Aurora, who is accused of charging at officers with knives, when the officer shot Cross.Cross was taken to a hospital in critical condition after the officer-involved shooting.
The officials said Aurora police responded to the house on Colorado Avenue Sunday morning after a family member called 911 to report another family member was armed with multiple knives and threatening people inside the home. Cross is accused of being armed with two knives, with blades approximately eight inches long, when he exited the home into the garage, officials said.
Officers were approximately 20 to 25 feet away from Cross when one officer fired non-lethal pepper-ball rounds at him in an attempt to get him to drop the knives, officials said.Cross, allegedly armed with a large knife in each hand, is accused of charging toward the officers, who were standing close to one another in the driveway, closing the distance between himself and the officers to approximately five feet, prosecutors said.
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