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NAPERVILLE, Ill. (WLS) -- A veteran Naperville police officer shot and killed a man who attacked him with a hatchet during a traffic stop in an office park Friday morning, police said.
The officer fired his gun and hit the suspect, who was described by police as a white male in his 20s. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The suspect's identity is being withheld pending notification of family.
ABC7 spoke with the attacker's brother who was not able to shed light on why all of this occurred. He said investigators had been to the family's home to speak with relatives. He had little else to add but did say, "We are sorry to everyone involved."
Police are trying to determine whether the man who allegedly attacked the officer was somehow related to the person in the car they stopped.