Overview
- The Hyundai SUV crashed through the glass doors of the 2nd District lobby in Rhawnhurst on Tuesday around 1:40 p.m., leaving five people with minor injuries.
- Police identified the driver as 26-year-old Dieufort Joly of Rhawnhurst, who was tackled and arrested after he exited the vehicle.
- Less than a day later, prosecutors filed five counts each of aggravated assault, simple assault, and reckless endangerment, plus counts for risking a catastrophe, institutional vandalism, and possessing an instrument of crime.
- Commissioner Kevin Bethel called it a deliberate act, officers found no weapons in the SUV, and federal partners are helping assess whether the conduct meets a terrorism threshold.
- Surveillance video from inside the lobby and a nearby business shows the SUV turning toward the station before plowing through the doors, and police say they had earlier responded to a domestic dispute involving Joly and his father.