JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) Joliet police fatally shot a man who was brandishing an apparent handgun in the street Tuesday night, according to law enforcement officials. Officers responded just after 6:30 p.m. to the 800-block of Second Avenue for a call of someone threatening to shoot people, police said. When officers arrived, they found a man in the street, brandishing what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun, according to police. The man threatened the police, and shots were fired, law enforcement officials said. Police identified the man as 19-year-old Joseph Casten of Naperville. After the shooting it was determined the gun was actually a BB gun.
JOLIET, Ill. (WLS) Joliet police fatally shot a man who was brandishing an apparent handgun in the street Tuesday night, according to law enforcement officials. Officers responded just after 6:30 p.m. to the 800-block of Second Avenue for a call of someone threatening to shoot people, police said. When officers arrived, they found a man in the street, brandishing what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun, according to police. The man threatened the police, and shots were fired, law enforcement officials said. Police identified the man as 19-year-old Joseph Casten of Naperville. After the shooting it was determined the gun was actually a BB gun.