At Rest

Deadly force
Daryl L. Perkins was a Vermilion County jail inmate who was fatally shot after allegedly attacking and injuring a sheriff's deputy at the courthouse. The incident occurred at 10:06 a.m. in the holding-cell area of the courthouse. According to police, the deputy was moving Perkins between holding cells. When the deputy opened the door of a cell, Perkins attacked him and stabbed him in the face multiple times with several Bic pens then grabbed the deputy's multitool and continued stabbing. The deputy shot and killed Perkins.
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