Dramatic moment Chicago cop shoots dead man with an ax

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This is the moment a man pulled up next to a cop conducting a traffic stop in Chicago, pulled out a huge ax and charged at him before he was shot dead.

The officer was conducting a traffic stop at 11 a.m. on June 3 when an unrelated grey car pulled up next to a black Honda that the officer had pulled over, according to the Naperville Police Department.  

‘Who are you, dude?’ the police officer asks on the video as the suspect, who has since been identified as 28-year-old Edward Samaan, opens the front door of his car before shutting it.

Seconds later, Samaan finally exits his vehicle to charge at the officer with an axe in his hand, footage shows.

The officer fired his gun several times, striking the suspect, police said. 

‘I’ve just been attacked, shots fired, shots fired!’ the officer shouts in his radio. He then orders Samaan to stay on the ground and to not move while he he points his gun at him.

A Naperville police officer was conducting a traffic stop after he pulled over a driver in a black Honda when Edward Samaan, 28, pulled up on his grey Ford Fusion on June 3

A Naperville police officer was conducting a traffic stop after he pulled over a driver in a black Honda when Edward Samaan, 28, pulled up on his grey Ford Fusion on June 3

Samaan opening the door and coming out of his car

Samaan charging at the police officer with an axe in his right hand and with a black backpack. He wore an all-black outfit on the day of the attack

‘Who are you, dude?’ the police officer could be heard saying in recorded police body camera footage, before Samaan dashes out of his car and charges at the 22-year police veteran with an axe

Samaan performed the attack on the veteran police officer while the driver of the other vehicle stayed in his car

Samaan performed the attack on the veteran police officer while the driver of the other vehicle stayed in his car

The police officer shot down Samaan before he could reach him. Samaan was rushed to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead

The police officer shot down Samaan before he could reach him. Samaan was rushed to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead

‘Oh, my God! Holy s***!’ the officer further says in the recording of the attack, as he’s in shock from what had just happened. 

‘Stay in your car, man! Don’t move!’ the cop then shouts to the driver who had been initially pulled over at the traffic stop. The individual obeyed the officer’s command and stayed in his vehicle.     

Samaan was then rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead, after the officer called for emergency medical services.

The officer, a 22-year-veteran of the Naperville Police Department, was not injured from the attack. He remains unidentified. 

As of Sunday, a motive for the attack is unclear. Samaan’s brother, who spoke to ABC7 Chicago, couldn’t offer an explanation for the attack.

DailyMail.com has contacted the Naperville Police Department for comment. 

Samaan is no stranger to police due to his extensive criminal background. He was previously booked on charges of aggravated assault and was recently out on bail. His criminal record suggest that he had previously assaulted another police officer, according to Mugshots Zone

The DuPage County Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigative Team and the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office were notified of the June 3 incident and are conducting the independent investigation into this incident, police told Fox 32.

Authorities are also looking into potential ties between the driver who had been initially pulled over for a traffic stop and the suspect. 

No motive for Samaan's attack has been revealed since the attack on June 3. Pictured: Samaan in an old mugshot picture

No motive for Samaan’s attack has been revealed since the attack on June 3. Pictured: Samaan in an old mugshot picture

Crime rates across the board in Chicago are already above what they were at this time last year although levels for murder and shooting incidents are in fact down by a small amount, data from the Chicago Police Department’s data up until June 12 shows.

There have been 268 murders in the Windy City so far this year, down by seven percent compared to last year when there were 289 murder in the same time period. 

Sexual assaults are also also down by two percent from last year, as 895 incidents have been reported this year compared to 912 last year.

The largest increases, however, were to the number thefts, up 66 percent over the same time period last year with 7,354 reported compared with 4,436 last year.

Motor vehicle thefts are also up 39 percent compared to the same time last year, with 5,586 reported in 2022 and 4,033 reported in the same period in 2021.

Shooting incidents, meanwhile, are down 17 percent from last year – but there have already been a string of deadly shootings, with seven people at an intersection in the city’s South Side in March and three minors killed in January.

Overall crime in Chicago has recently flared up by 34 percent even though shooting incidents and murders are decreasing. On the other hand, robberies and theft have surged since the start of the year

Overall crime in Chicago has recently flared up by 34 percent even though shooting incidents and murders are decreasing. On the other hand, robberies and theft have surged since the start of the year 



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