A 32-year-old Carpentersville man shot by police in August had a gun in his hand and refused to follow officers’ commands, according to information presented by Kane County prosecutors at a Tuesday detention hearing.

DeShawn Jones called 911 three times on the night of Aug. 28, with Carpentersville police arriving to find a Glock gun and cocaine in his apartment in the 100 block of Woodland Court, Assistant State’s Attorney Lisa Scott said. While officers were speaking to him, he went into a bedroom and obtained a second gun, she said.

There also was evidence that a gun had been fired into the living room and bedroom ceilings and bullet casings retrieved from the floor, Scott said.

Based on Jones’ actions that night, Kane County Judge Salvatore LoPiccolo said, he will be held in the cou

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