(Charleston, IL) — Illinois State Police continue to investigate an incident involving a Chicago area man who died after shooting himself with an officer’s gun in Charleston last weekend. The ISP has released video of the incident. Charleston Police officers responded January 25th to a request for a well-being check of a man, identified as Yahacov Dennis of County Club Hills, at a gas station in Charleston. While talking with officers, Dennis grabbed an officer’s firearm and used it to shoot himself. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. The 22-year-old was a student at Eastern Illinois University.
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