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St. Charles police shooting in April ruled justified

St. Charles police were legally justified in shooting a man in April, Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon ruled on Friday.

On April 26, Christopher C. Kemble, now 20, of the 3400 block of Voltaire Lane in St. Charles, called 911 to report someone was burglarizing his home and that he believed the intruder had a gun.

Several minutes later, another person called 911 to report that Kemble had his father's handgun and might be suicidal.

Officers found Kemble outside, running toward a nearby park, according to previous statements from police. They saw Kemble pull a handgun from behind his back and rack the slide on it, according to a news release from McMahon. He shouted threats at the officers and advanced toward one, pointing his gun at the officer, authorities said.

Three officers fired at him.

It turned out Kemble was using a BB gun, authorities said.

McMahon asked the Illinois State Police to investigate the shooting, then reviewed the agency's findings. He decided the officers had a "reasonable belief" that it was necessary to use force that could kill or greatly harm Kemble to prevent death or great harm to the officers.

Kemble has been charged with making a false complaint to 911 and aggravated assault of a police officer. His next court date is at 9 a.m. Dec. 7.

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  St. Charles police were justified in shooting a man who pointed a gun at them April 26 on Voltaire Lane, the Kane County state's attorney has ruled. Rick West/rwest@dailyherald.com, April 2018
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