GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) — A grand jury in southwestern Illinois’ Madison County has deemed justified two Granite City police shootings, including one that killed a man.
The county’s state’s attorney, Tom Gibbons, says one case involved two officers fatally shooting 45-year-old Stephen Minch of St. Charles in July after Minch allegedly pointed a gun at the officers and refused to put it down.
That shooting happened after police say Minch called 911 and was believed to be distraught.
The other shooting happened last month when an officer wounded 52-year-old Thomas Noser after Noser reportedly refused orders to drop a knife.
Investigators said Noser had just used a baseball bat to beat his 76-year-old mother and another man.
Noser is jailed on charges of attempted first-degree murder and felony assault and domestic battery.
