‘THEY SHOT MY SON DOWN LIKE HE WAS A DOG’
Carol Stream police say domestic disturbance was ‘a tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving situation’
The family of a man killed Saturday by Carol Stream police say he was not a violent person and are demanding answers from authorities.
“They shot my son down like he was a dog. He would not harm a fly,” Bonnie Pigram, the mother of 30-year-old Isaac Goodlow III, said at a news conference outside the apartment building where police shot Goodlow early Saturday morning.
And Henry Pigram, Goodlow’s uncle, said he suspects the outcome would have been different had Isaac Goodlow III, 30, not been Black.
Carol Stream police say they were called around 4:15 a.m. to the apartment on the 200 block of East St. Charles Road for a report of a domestic disturbance. In a news release, they said it was “a tense, uncertain and rapidly evolving situation.” Goodlow was a suspect, they said. Two officers fired shots, police said.
The Public Integrity Unit of the DuPage Metropolitan Emergency Response and Investigative Team is investigating the shooting.
“This is a very tragic incident that occurred in our community. That’s why we will move forward in a way that respects everyone involved in this tragedy,” Carol Stream Mayor Frank Saverino said at Monday night’s village board meeting, after extending condolences to the family. “We also will respect the effort to gather facts and information in order to determine exactly what happened.
Saverino said the village will be “fully open and transparent.”
“We will be sharing as much information as we can publicly, including footage from police-worn body cameras and other relevant information, as soon as we are able to do so in a way that will not impede the independent investigation while also being sensitive to Mr. Goodlow’s family,” Saverino said.
Village Manager William Holmer said Monday afternoon that the village is waiting for information from the outside investigation.
As for whether race was a factor, “We don’t believe that to be true,” Holmer said.
Andrew Stroth, the attorney for Goodlow’s family, said a woman called the police on Saturday.
Stroth has written to the Carol Stream mayor and the police chief, demanding they preserve all evidence. He has also requested that the family be able to view the body-camera footage.
“A Black man, unarmed, was shot in the sanctity of his own home,” Stroth said.
“… This family wants to make sure what happened to Isaac does not happen to anybody else.”
Henry Pigram said Goodlow was poised to release an album of rap music.