DEKALB COUNTY, Illinois (WLS) — The man killed in a police shooting during a standoff involving a hostage in DeKalb earlier this week he was identified.

The DeKalb County Coroner’s Office on Friday identified the man shot and killed by police Tuesday night as Abram Perez, 42, of Rockford.

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The medical examiner’s office said his cause of death is pending an autopsy and toxicology results

The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 11:03 p.m. Tuesday about a vehicle suspected of being involved in a shooting in Rockford.

The vehicle was later spotted on surveillance cameras at Peace Road and Mercantile Drive, and police later discovered the vehicle was pulling into the address it was registered to in DeKalb.

A sheriff’s deputy attempted to stop the vehicle, which refused to stop and drove off, the sheriff’s office said.

Deputies pursued the vehicle, deploying stop sticks to deflate its tires. It stopped on Rich Road, west of Nelson Road.

The suspect, Perez, was seen armed with a gun with a hostage inside the car, the sheriff’s office said.

The DeKalb County Special Operations Team has been activated, which includes hostage negotiators, the sheriff’s office said.

The hostage was released unharmed after several hours of negotiations, the sheriff’s office said.

Negotiations continued with Perez to get him to surrender.

Eventually, Perez allegedly pointed the gun at police and fired; police returned fire, killing him, the sheriff’s office said.

Rockford police have not confirmed any information about the initial suspected shooting that started the chain of events.

Illinois State Police are investigating.

Wednesday, police shot a knife-wielding man inside a DeKalb car dealershipin an unrelated incident.

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