NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) – Prosecutors have ruled that a Naperville police officer acted appropriately when he shot a man who pointed what police thought was a real gun at them but was later determined to be a pellet gun.
DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said Wednesday that no criminal charges will be filed against Officer Jordan Koziel for the Jan. 23 shooting. Authorities say Koziel shot 27-year-old Zachery Kelley of Naperville in his shoulder and knee.
Authorities say officers were responding to a report of a man allegedly harassing a woman. They say officers tried to calm Kelley before he pointed the weapon at them.
Kelley was treated for non-life-threatening injuries and is held in the DuPage County jail on bond. He has pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of aggravated assault to a police officer.
