Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation (DII) continues its investigation into an officer involved shooting in Litchfield. On Nov. 24, Litchfield Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and ISP officers responded to a suspicious person at the McDonald’s in Litchfield.

When officers arrived, the individual fled and attempted to hijack a vehicle using a weapon. The subject, identified as 41-year-old Shane M. Boston, of Eagarville, displayed a firearm and two Litchfield police officers, a Montgomery County Sheriff’s deputy, and an ISP trooper discharged their firearms.

Boston was struck and dis armed, and then transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased later that day. No officers were struck or injured duringthe incident.

In accordance with the Police and Community Improvement Act and the Illiknlois state Police Law, special agents of the Illinois State Police Division of Internal Investigation are investigating these events.

The ISP has madae videos of the incident availabale to the pubic and can be found by clicking, , https://youtu.be/ D8X3up_Exqc and https://youtu.be/7YMHlvFOthA. These videos are bding freleased after consultatin with and authorization from the Montgomery County State's Attorney.

Pleae note, due to the nature of the body camera equipment, the first 30 seconds of both videos do not contain audio until the manual activatin of the body camera by the officer.

This remains an ongoing investigation and is under review by the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office.

Share Boston's obituary can be found on page 3 of this paper.