LASALLE ( 25News Now ) - The video of a deadly officer involved shooting that happened in March has been released to the public Thursday afternoon.

That incident began at about 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 30 , with a call to LaSalle and Peru Police for a reported suicidal man in a building on Chartres Street in LaSalle. Officers said they saw the man, 72-year-old Daniel W. Curtin Sr., leave the building and fire a gun in the air.

At that point, officers called for help from the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team. That team worked for an hour and a half to deescalate the situation, even after Curtin left the building with a gun multiple times.

ISP’s report noted that Curtin fired the gun out of his window at officers. At about 4 p.m., Curtin stepped outside one l

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