During the evening of August 10, 2021, 51 year-old Jim Wiesner was shot and killed by North Aurora police after allegedly pointing a gun at three officers.
The encounter resulted from a call by Wiesner’s fiancée to police indicating that he was “acting erratically.” Officers went to Wiesner’s home in the 400 block of Pinecreek Drive in North Aurora, were let in by the fiancée and were greeted by Wiesner brandishing a gun, according to police reports.
The officers left the house after ordering Wiesner to drop his gun, but he followed them outside, at which point an officer fired a shot into his upper body. Wiesner was pronounced dead at the scene.
In accordance with the Police and Community Relations Improvement Act (50 ILCS 727/1-10), which governs the investigation of officer-involved deaths, the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force conducted an independent investigation into the shooting.
After completing its investigation, the Task Force submitted the entirety of the investigative file along with recorded evidence of the incident to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office.
In a press release issued Thursday, State’s Attorney Jamie Mosser indicated that “after applying relevant laws to the facts of the case, [I] have determined that there was reasonable belief on the part of the officers that it was necessary to use force intended to cause death or great bodily harm to prevent death or great bodily harm to the officers, and therefore the officer’s use of force was justified.”
As a result, Mosser determined that there was “no basis to prosecute the law enforcement officers involved in the incident.”
“I would like to send my condolences to Mr. Wiesner’s family and loved ones,” Mosser stated in the release. “My thanks to the Kane County Major Crimes Task Force for its hard work and thorough investigation into this tragic incident.”
