By Vicky Wedig
Editor
A state Department of Justice investigation and Walworth County District Attorney’s office review found that Town of Geneva police officers’ fatal shooting of Eric C. Olsen, 26, on Jan. 8, was justified.
The departments determined officers Eric Anderson and Jason Sweeney’s use of lethal force was privileged under the law when they fired multiple shots at Olsen, killing, after he broke into a Lincoln Drive home near Lake Como with an axe and ran toward officers with a knife.
Olsen’s family believes the reports from the agencies do not accurately reflect the circumstances of the shooting and have filed a notice of injury with the Town of Geneva Police Department and Walworth County.
See next week’s Delavan Enterprise and Lake Geneva Times for the full story.
