The September 1st deputy-involved shooting in Iroquois County that left both a suspect and an Indiana Sheriff Deputy dead has been ruled a “justified shooting.” State’s Attorney Jim Devine said his office will take no further action in the case.
In a press release, Devine states his office has completed an investigation of all circumstances involved in the incident near the Village of Sheldon. Devine ruled that law enforcement’s use of force was justified.
An exchange of gunfire after a police pursuit left left 37-year-old Andrew Roselius of Ashkum dead. Newton County, IN sheriff Corporal Brandon Schreiber was also shot. He died of his injuries days later.
The events of September 1 (2024) started when Iroquois County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported kidnapping in progress. Information available to officers indicated that Andrew Roselius had taken a hostage in his car. The car was located in rural Iroquois County and deputies tried to stop it.
Devine said Roselius refused to stop and crossed into Newton County, Ind. Officers from the Kentland, Ind. Police Department and the Newton County Sheriff’s Office joined in the pursuit, which crossed back into Illinois and ended in the Iroquois County town of Sheldon, where Roselius’ car hit another car.
Devine said that law enforcement surrounded Roselius’ car and repeatedly demanded that he show his hands and leave his car. Roselius, who was reportedly suicidal, instead displayed a revolver and fired a shot.
That shot hit the head of Corporal Brandon Schreiber, a five-year veteran of the Newton County Sheriff’s Office, leaving him critically wounded. Law enforcement returned fire and hit Roselius. Roselius was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting. No hostage was found in his car. Schreiber, meanwhile, was taken to Carle Hospital in Urbana in critical condition. He died there 10 days later on Sept. 11.
The Illinois State Police investigated the shooting and presented its findings to the Iroquois County State’s Attorney’s Office for review. The ISP Zone 5 Investigations Team examined witness accounts, body-camera footage, squad car camera footage, ballistic tests, Crime Lab analysis and autopsy findings before turning over the findings to the State’s Attorney office.
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