Tywon Salters
Tywon Salters, 21, of Chicago, was in the custody of the Kane County Jail and was being treated at Delnor Hospital in Geneva, Illinois, when he died on May 13, 2017. Officials said he took a correctional officer's handgun and held two nurses for about three hours. The Kane County Sheriff's Office said that after negotiations failed, SWAT officers entered his hospital room around 4 p.m. and he was shot in the head, and the Illinois State Police are investigating whether the use of force was justified. A lawsuit filed by the two nurses alleges that the officers guarding him failed to keep him secured and left him without restraints, and accounts differ on who fired the shot.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff (disputed; neglect alleged). The sheriff's office says SWAT officers shot him after failed negotiations, while the nurses' lawsuit says his guard left him without restraints and that the guarding officers failed to keep him secured, and accounts differ on who fired the shot.
Reported by: Kane County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Illinois State Police and the Illinois Police Public Integrity Task Force (outside investigators); the nurses' lawsuit and their attorneys (family or their lawyers); Kane County State's Attorney Joseph McMahon; Patch and Chicago Tribune reporting (reporters).
Lawsuit: Two nurses sued Kane County police and a security firm over Tywon Salters's death, alleging his guard left him unsecured; no amount has been reported.
News reports (8)
- Delnor Hospital Hostage Situation: Inmate Who Took Employee Hostage Shot Dead (UPDATE)
- Armed naked inmate who held nurse hostage at Illinois hospital shot dead
- Armed inmate shot and killed after taking nurse hostage at Ill. hospital, authorities say
- Delnor Hostage Situation: Investigation Underway After Nurses Held at Gunpoint; Inmate Shot, Killed
- Inmate who held 2 nurses hostage in Geneva was at Delnor Hospital for eating shoe, authorities say
- Nurse Was Raped, Tortured During Delnor Hostage Situation: Attorney
- Nurse 'raped at gunpoint by inmate while guard hides'
- Prosecutor: Shooting of inmate during hostage standoff in hospital justified