Elwood neighbors said they had called police earlier in the day when Alan Weber was running around to houses in the neighborhood, trying to open doors and take mail.
Alan Weber, 54, was pronounced dead at a hospital after Tuesday night's shooting in Elwood.Weber was screaming and breaking items when officers arrived and refused to come outside, police said in a statement.officers entered and Weber confronted them with the swords while wearing a fencing mask, Police Commissioner Rodney Harrison said, adding Weber did not obey commands to drop the swords and an officer shot a stun gun at him, but it had no effect.
Weber then charged, and one officer fired several shots, Harrison said. The officer's name was not released. "I feel the officers had no other choice but to use what they had to use to stop the threat," Harrison said. Neighbors said they had called police earlier in the day when Weber was running around to houses in the neighborhood, trying to open doors and take mail. State and local authorities are investigating the shooting.
Harrison said he reviewed officers' body camera video and "at this time I believe it's a justified shooting."All the news you need to know, every day
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