Overview
- The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office identified the dead man as Austin Hodo and said deputies shot and killed him after he pointed and fired a gun at them, with no deputies reported injured in the encounter on Wednesday morning.
- A resident placed a 911 call at about 4:55 a.m. reporting a man standing in the street in the gated Bent Tree subdivision wearing only underwear and firing a handgun toward homes.
- Sheriff’s officials say deputies ordered Hodo to drop the weapon multiple times, that he refused and then walked toward deputies before raising his gun and firing, and that deputies returned fire.
- Local neighbors described being woken by rifle-like rounds, expressed shock that the violence occurred inside the gated community, and raised questions about how an armed person entered the neighborhood.
- The sheriff’s office says the investigation is active but has not released details such as how many deputies fired, the number of shots, autopsy results or Hodo’s age or residency; the public should look for forthcoming releases of body-camera, ballistics and coroner findings that typically follow officer-involved shootings.