the street is called gaylord road not drive

Who cares?

Kristen Did I miss something????? "According to neighbors, the incident occurred around 7 p.m. on Gaylord Road."

I clearly read Gaylord Road! I was in the ER with a family member waiting for hours due to the trauma of the officers. It's a shame that society is so screwed up that even our officers doing their job are unsafe. Maybe the scum committing the crime should stop living off the state and try getting a J O B!!!!!

Who said he's living off the state?

She only shot the skumbag once? Should have emptied the clip.

Got to love the people that correct everything...

The situation is sad for both the deputy & the teenager. Sounds like the teen had some type of mental impairment becz his family called police becz he was acting irratic. Let's not forget the Sandy Hook teenager, sometimes the story is more complicated than we know!!

I think the drugs that the 17 was doing earlier in the evening may have played a LARGER ROLE in the teenager acting ERRATIC. He only has himself to blame for that!

I live a couple of houses away from him and we had classes together.and hes a very cool and funny kid. Its so sad to hear that this happened. People should keep their comment to themselves because they dont know anything about him. I hope he gets better as well as the cop.

Why was deadly force the 1st course of action? What about tasing him, he was a teenager, I'm sure his parents didn't call the police to come to their house to shoot & kill him. They were looking for help & restraint of the teenager.

The police DON'T have to wait to see and find out is this kid was going to slash or stab. Not all law enforcement agencies carry Tasers and remember, a police officer was slashed in the face. There is no other option at that point other than to shoot the offender. No hands approach is necessary and shooting is your only option.

Lady B, the use of a knife is lethal force. The officer met this scumbags level of force with the same level of force, just ising a different tool. Shame on you for suggesting that the officer did wrong by defending herself against an attack using a lethal instrument. If you call the police to your home to deal with a problem that you created by allowing this kind of behavior to occur in your home then you don't get to dictate how it's handled. The officers will work according to their training, established policies and procedures, and the law. All of which state that you don't have to wait to recieve any wound, mortal or atherwise, before you take action to protect yourself.

^amen

He's still only a kid..

Well I know for a fact will county has gazers I've seen them used

Teasers sorry

Some of you people are jokes. Who cares... Road or Drive? Two families are having to deal with a bad situation. Stop with the racial overtones because it makes you appear very ignorant.

As far as the force issue goes, she did the right thing. Was she supposed to "wait and see" if the offender was going to stab her in the neck? Hell no! At the point when. lunged at her , ,,,,,

He's not a scum bag. Can't judge a person before you get to know him. You should never wish death upon someone. He diserves consequences for his actions but, never death. I just pray that my friend stays alive.

Considering that Jose is in critical condition, please refrain from calling him a scumbag. Now is not the appropriate time to call him names. Be the better person and have some respect.

Dont judge someone you know nothing about, yes he deserves consequences for his actions but if you knew jose you would these actions were not him. Whether he did drugs or not he was one of the nicest most intelligent people i know an now my prayers are with him and his family stay strong <3 also my prayers go out to the police officer who was injured.

I know him because he is also a good friend of my son. I agree with Laura. My heart aches for both families and also my own. My son is devasted and is suffering of course nothing compared to the parties involved. Pepe is a respectful kid n I always welcomed him here n will always. He made a bad choice and now he's in this mess and has hurt another family. I pray for all.

i know this person he is a neighbor and a friend . i made this comment at 11am when it was first posted and there was nothing on the post about everything that had happened and i was just merely letting the editor know they made a mistake on were it had happened.and it did origanlly say drive on it. i understand it was unimportant but it was only a correction. the teen does deserve the consequeces to follow for his actions. and i hope the poilce officer recovers well. this teen is not a scum bag and you would all feel differently about the situation if it was your own child or friend that this had happened to. so dont judge so quickly on a matter that could have just as likely have been you.

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We all agree he made some bad choices yesterday. It does not change the fact he is 17yr old kid,a son,brother,uncle,a friend,and a student. Jose "Pepe" Chavez is a kid that got mixed up and his parents tried despretly to get him back on track. We are deeply sorry for the officer and her family and pray for them as well.

I think attacking a Police Officer with a knife is more than just a bad choice. Police stated they had prior contact with him so the problem with him was not a one time thing. If Mother Teresa was coming at you with a knife, you are justified to use deadly force. "Mixed Up" kid. Right. Think if he was coming at your mom or little kid with a knife. What would you want the Police to do. Take a chance with a tazer, or stop the attack.

He got what was coming to him, that's the problem with today's youth and society, don't think before they act and always "He's a good kid" blah -blah!
Good kids don't do drugs and knife law enforcement! His next victim may of been one of you! Wake up people, maybe the drugs made him do it? Really ? He chose to do the drugs! Always a excuse for these scumbags, put his parents in jail, they should of kept a closer eye on him! Start taking responsibility for your own actions America.
So sick of the "good boy" story.

We all agree he deserves his consequences. Thst said, the consequences were a shot in the chest. If he recovers, society will deal with that too. If he doesn't, we all agree he deserved it. The only good to come from this is hopefully the friends he does drugs with will straighten up and fly right.

Alright for all those who don't know him, just shut up. You don't know one thing about him and yes, he is actually a smart person. Yea he made a bad choice. You don't know exactly what happened the night it all happened. Know one knows. So just shut up and stop judging him. It's sad what this world hascome to. Haven't any of you learn to forgive..

Pray for Pepe pray for the officer. none of this should have ever happened. I am going to miss Pepe so much. No more walking with him after third period or him giving me his weird way of high fives. We are seniors in high school now. I remember when we became friends in eighth grade. Pepe's intelligence always showed through school and he was good at making others laugh that's just how we was. It's just so unlike him idk I don't think of it as a scumbag kid who does drugs. I think of it as Pepe who I have known and made memories with. But now that's all that is left....memories.

For all of u commenting on this, Pepe was one of the smartest most reliable people ive ever met and if u've never sat down and had a convorsation with the person how can u call him "scum"!? screw all of you lowlife suburban residents of plainfield that think otherwise.

Laura: My "who cares" was about the street. Hopefully the officer is going to be OK.

Pepe i pray for u u know how to make people laught hes not a scum hes a good kid but messed up hope u can get threw this love gos out to u pepe

Pray for Pepe

It's a terrible thing that happened, and I pray for both of them to make a complete recovery. I don't agree with the scumbag comments, you didn't know him, so shame on you to call people names after such a tragedy. I am sorry for those of you who knew him, but saying "he made a mistake" or "he messed up" are way understating what has happened here. He made the choice to do the drugs. I don't know why he did them, but if you chose to do something stupid like that, than you are choosing to accept EVERYTHING that it makes you do. This is a another example of how one person who doesn't care about other people and how their actions will effect others. They only find out too late and after innocent people get hurt, how bad of a decision they made. He should pay for what he did, and be forced to speak to other teens about how he ruined not only his life but many others by making one BIG mistake.

Alyssa, no one is saying he deserves to die. That night he was acting "erattic", he wouldn't drop the knife after being told to repeatedly, what if he would have ended up killing one of his family members? or killing the officer? He obviously wasn't in the right state of mind, those that know him know that he is not a bad person, but he could have killed an innocent person that night. We all know he had a bad acid trip, and I'm sorry but people who do drugs are lowlifes. He doesn't deserve to die, but he did deserve to get shot. The officer probably feared for her life, its his fault, he should have dropped the knife. Everybody knows if you attack an office you're getting shot.

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Police did use a taser, he went they it.

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He's not a low life.. I mean I know so many people that do drugs and are really smart and do what they need to. There was more than one cop their and they couldn't take control of one kid... They shouldn't have shot him. I mean getting yelled at by a cop is a scarey situation for someone.. especially when their not in their state of mind. That's not how you stop a situation. There were atleast 4 cops their I saw 4 cops cars.. I think 2 cops would be enough to pin him down.

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The point is, he shouldn't have been doing drugs. That's the consequences. It's not anyone's fault but his, the standard of when someone refuses to drop a weapon and/or attack a officer is to shoot them, he's smart enough to know that, what did he think was going to happen? You know what the sad thing is, is that all his friends and even him if he survives, are going to keep on doing drugs and putting their life and others at risk. Btw they tried to pin him down, he slashed ones face. They had no other choice. Anyone who continues to do drugs is dumb.

Pepe iz very small and thin maybe 5.4 120 ponds. For him to llunge at someone they would have to have bee. Real close to him in the first place. If he was that out of it why didn't they clear the house and get someone who was trained to handle people in his state of mind. Who knows maybe during his bad trip he was seeing something other than a police officer. What ever the case his life I's important and 1 huge horiable miztske does not define him. I personally have had situations where i severly judged someone for things and later ended up doing the same thing. It taught me a lot. I know if Pepe survive her has a whole lot of pain and punishment took face but i still love him. I would also spend the day with the not high yrippjng our drugged up pepe than any of you sit in judgment do gooders. Actually i know several people that have had stuff written about them in the paper and it was Completely false. Do who knows how true the reports of what happen even are. Idk and don't Trust the report ers completely. Many times theirs more that meets the eye.

Omg so many typos from my cell and sent before i could spell check.

I know the officer who was attacked. She was fully trained to deal with the situation that took place on that night. He made the choice to do drugs and attack an officer, and I hope he's happy with the decision he has made. He's now laid up in a hospital and the beautiful , newly married young woman he so viciously attacked now gets to celebrate her first Christmas with her new husband with black eyes and a stitched up face.

I knew him and he honestly had a good heart. he always meant well and he definitely does not deserve to be put through what he is. No matter what any of you think, i, as well as the people who personally knew him, know that he truly was a good person and meant well in life.

I might never see pepe again. I saw him everyday 6th period and talked to him everyday. I saw him Thursday morning before all this happened. for you people to talk down about him really boils my blood, yes this whole incident was terrible but imagine if it was your kid this happened to? I don't blame the cop one bit, I understand it was her duty. everyone knows this happened because of drugs, but none of you seem to understand that sometimes people just can't say no to them, sometimes they can't help themselves. Pepe was a good kid who got stuck down the wrong path. no matter what any of you people say about him everyone who knows him is deeply saddened because we knew the real pepe and loved him. From what I hear the condition he is in now it hurts so bad to think a friend is basically gone. I understand what he did was wrong, I understand he has to pay for his consequences but you people should respect that a brother, a son, a friend might be gone forever. I hope the cop makes a full recovery, but for the people who continue to call pepe trash just remember you are not perfect either. If you have any respect just stop with the scum bag comments because he was nothing close to scum. you will never know what truly happened that night, so keep your rude comments out of it. love you pepe no matter what.

He was repeatedly told to drop the knife by an officer with a drawn weapon. All he had to do was drop the knife and surrender. He chose to attack the officer. Shot fired, suspect down. What about the officer that was permanently disfigured because of this guy? What about the rest of their life? This kid got what he asked for. Its time that people are held responsible for their actions in our "blame" not my fault society. I dont know the suspect and I cannot pass judgement on his character however a truly good person does not attack and slash someone across their face so I'll base my opinion on that. This kid was a loose cannon with a burning fuse.

Point is, its no ones fault but his. He knows drugs are bad, he continued to do them. What if some teenage boy you didn't know slashed your face? How would you feel then? He made the consious choice to take acid, which everyone knows can result in very bad things, and he decided to do it anyways. I have no sympathy for him because I know that if he recovers, he will continue to do drugs.

No one that has feeling about Pepe is saying that he was right. he was completely wrong. He was on something that made him snap I love him and know this is not something he would do in his right mind. There is a terriable drug epidemic in our state . He is not a scumbag, piece of trash, thug, who goes around and tries to kill people. What about his family, they may not have a son anymore. This is stupid and usless to argue about If he is a scum that should have been killed and a derangged lunitic or a kid that got on the real wrong track and messed up so bad he injured someone severly and may have got himself killed. The schools are filled with Pepes, and the questions has been asked "what would you say if your son or daughter or you got stabbed" well I would say the same to anyone that calls him a scum and wishes him dead, "what would you say if it was your son who did this"? Would you condem him and write him off? Would you jump for joy that another "scum bag" is off the street. Would you say he deserved it, and that the cop should have emptied her magazine, or is clip? or is drive or street? Pepe was non-violent for almost 17 yrs., he has been in my home and this is not him. Why is it so hard to beleive that this is a our ot the blue thing, someone on drugs did. I know someone that went into a mental hospital and was actually "Mental" aka not in their right mind. had to be restained etc. danger to self and others. out of their mind. this does happen to people. very sad!

How about if anyone would like to show you care: For the officer; maybe send cards to the police station? for Pepe if you know where he lives drops of a card or something for his family to let them know you care.

For all of u that say he was a good kid? Who was there providing him his drugs? What good friends watch,and let them do it. His family could not control him and called for help. Call the police because the parent can't control their kid. Help arrives and this happens. Police r there to help not intend to hurt people. Friends should not let friends do drugs. Help them or back away. The deputy did what they train for. SERVE AND PROTECT. Serve the citizens, protect themselves as well. It is a bad situation all around. This all could have been prevented it he was such a great kid.

his real name is Jose and people who grew up with him call him Pepe. Not Pablo, you sound like an idiot commenting on this being so disrespectful "anonymous".

I realize that my comments were out of line, and apologize for it. I removed the 2 posts that were in poor taste. I do hope the young man does survive, even if my feelings remain regarding the incident.

For those of you who "don't seem to care" and have the audacityto leave such inapprpriate comments, I would like to see any one of you big mouths put on a uniform and suddenly become a charter member of the "walking wounded warriors" that try in vein to keep all you fools safe. Especially those of us who do in fact belong to the "hole in your hide club" and not just the walking wounded! But then again lets see if you have the guts to do what some of us have done for many years. Especially you Sam Spade

The Magician

RIP Pepe.

Makes me sad to see so many judgemental comments...guess those of u that use name calling and judgement are so perfect in every way...instead of insulting a person because they became addicts u should b praying for that poor soul and his family..every1 has some kind of hang-up shop lifting, abusing food, lying, cheating, gambling ect..this poor kid 17 remind you got caught up in drugs sad as it is....all you people that left insulting comments i will b praying for you...May God save you from judgement....

Im sad that the young boy had to be shot in the chest...wish it would of been a leg or an arm.. but he was shot in defense right or wrong he is no longer here and is sitting on the right side of his Creator....i pray for the police officer as well as im sure it makes them sad too that they took a young life because he was not in the right state of mind because of drugs..

Wow all you guys need to group up. Stop being judgemental you have no idea what pepe was going thru in his life, behind close doors. What I know about pepe is he was a good person just made wrong choices like any of you have. All you guys need to grow up and stop talking trash because if it was your kid you won't want people talking crap

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I hope all of you are happy. Your dreams have come true. RIP PEPE WE LOVED YOU AND WILL NEVER FORGET YOU. This was a stupid death and I hope everyone that wished him dead, this kid who just turned 17 got his light snuffed out for nothing. I dont care anymore the reality is the cop shouldnt have gotten so close to him that he was even able to stab her. really good police work. HMMM I have a gun I stand 20 or 30 feet away, if kid starts to come at me I shoot his foot or leg not his stomach. If it was me he wouldnt have even got close enough to stab me. If he was that out of his mind they should have talked to him from outside the house with a bull horn. HE DID NOT SHOOT HER BECAUSE HE HAD A KNIFE NOT A GUN. Dont bring a knife to a gun fight what does that mean. This is a wrongful death for sure. I am sure there was an alternative, but anyway he is at peace now. AND YES I PRAY FOR HIS FAMILY AND LOVED ONES. TRUTH BE TOLD THIS COULD BE ANYONE. BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD===VERY GOOD FAMILIES.

Really? You people think lethal force shouldnt have been used? You obviously have no clue about any police procedure. A PO says drop the knife, whether standing next to you or using a freaking megaphone, YOU DROP THE KNIFE. Instead he ATTEMPED MURDER. Literally. I'm surprised he was only shot once. It was a legal shooting. This was not a bad idea, he tried to kill someone, not only a woman, a police woman. Not saying he was a horrible person or that he deserved it, but he had several chances. Not only from the police but his parents too. Everyone has a choice. I pray for his family, and the career and life of the Deputy.

I am so saddend by this I cant stop crying he is now gone for ever. If you think this is something. This has devastated 100's of kids. Just look at his facebook. People are broken hearted. He will be dearly missed at Plainfield central. It is awful beyond words. I love you pepe. RIP

What a shame such wonderful, loving, sweet, knife weilding, drug using person is gone. He may have grown up and been the one to finally cure cancer, although the vegas odds were pretty high on him just being part of the cancer that is tearing this great nation apart. I've witnessed the police there and am very aware of the history of this individual. What's done is done and now there is a family in what I'm sure is an incredible amount of pain, an officer who is scarred for life and a community who you Laura say is devastated. If Pepe were still here what do you think he would say to his "friends". Maybe I screwed up. It was my fault. I wish I could take it back. Don't do drugs. Listen to your parents. Obey the law, you know the kind of stuff we always hear when it's too late. This is an unfortunate ending. I don't need to go to facebook to hear a bunch of kids speaking about someone they thought they knew. He wasn't a child!!!!! He was a drug using, lethal weapon threating adult who made many, many bad decisions and has now paid the utimate price. I sincerely hope someone makes sure those kids who are now focused on him being gone make sure they understand WHY. You want to understand why this happened? Take a few minutes from your crying and go speak to the Plainfield Police about the drug problems at the schools. Now, please pass the tissue

Like I said this was a tragedy for all involved !!! If you did not know him you should not bash him let him rest in peace already !!!! If this was my child I would die if it was yours you would too !!!! If it was youe daughters friend and he was you would feel the pain so all you stupid people who were not there just leave him be and put yourself in his familys place !!! RIP PEPE YOU WILL BE MISSED BY MANY !!!!

Wow! What happened to Plainfield! This town used to be a dream to raise a family in. My friend moved there in 98 when it was a safe neighborhood. I went to his home last summer for a BBQ and cops would cruise by every hour. He told me it's changed a lot since he'd moved there. I feel bad for him paying a fairly decent amount of property tax for what used to be. What happend to a higher education, a higher salary means you can move into a nice community. But lets face it, all the nice suburbs have crime now. Anybody been to Orland Park mall lately? Sketchy mall now. A lot of shoppers walking around with tattoos on their face. Naperville a stabbing at a bar, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Ottawa, and what's called Joliet some people now call it "jolly-ett" It's all over and theirs nothing you can do but call the cops and keep your street hot. Keep those police busy and trouble will go elsewhere. Unless it lives next door from you. Oh and not to mention all the ghetto housing our state provides. Section 8 housing means drugs and crime for your town. They pay less than half, our state pays the rest. How can a town come together as a strong community to push drugs out when the state allows section 8 to move in.

"Really smart people don't do drugs. If you think they do, you should go and seek some professinal help"

Umm, Steve Jobs dropped Acid and smoked Marijuana. He was really smart. You probably use/ know someone who uses one of his products, HE invented...Just saying.

Don't wanna respect and/or listen to authorities, then slash at an officers face. Your gonna meet the consequences. Don't say you wouldn't of defended yourself. Officer did what they had to do.

I guess the 450-500 people that came out for his wake are idots to! He was honored like a king! NOTHING BUT TEARS AND THE BEST OF COMMENTS. People that knew him loved him and have nothing but good things to say, so haters keep hating. We love Pepe and won't forget him. Please Let him rest in Peace.

Are you all done now ???? He is GONE LEAVE HIM BE !!! REST IN PEACE PEPE YOU ARE MISSED BY MANY !!!!

Good for the cop...this kid would of been more trouble down the road he is better off deceased..Its about time the cops start putting the bad guys down..

Rest in peace pepe, hope heavens one big tripp;(; love/miss you kidd. <3

I worked with pepe before abd he was a very shy nice kid and it was the drug that made him violent and instead of helping him officer responded back in self defense and took his life its a tragic and I hope his family specially his sister may live in peace