HARVARD, Ill. (WLS) -- Harvard, illinois police fatally shot a male suspect in a domestic disturbance that left a female victim dead Saturday night, police said.
Officers responded at about 11:26 p.m. to a residence in the 700-block of Dewey Street and found a male suspect armed with a knife on top of a female, police said.
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Officers ordered the suspect to drop the knife and after he did not comply, an officer shot him, police said.
Paramedics were summoned to the scene, but the suspect was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The female victim was transported to Mercy Harvard Hospital, where she was pronounced dead from her injuries sustained during the attack, police said.
The McHenry County Major investigation Assistance Team is investigating.