Highland Park police shoot, kill man who charged at them with knife, officials say
HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (WLS) -- North suburban police shot and killed a man who charged at them with a knife early Friday morning, officials said.
The man has now been identified.
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The Lake County Major Crime Task Force said three Highland Park police officers responded to a call for a well-being check just before 5 a.m.
A concerned driver told police a vehicle nearly hit someone who was lying in the roadway. That caller said the man in the street then stood up and stumbled into a home in the 900-block of Half Day Road.
When officers arrived on the scene, they knocked on the home's front door.
That's when a 59-year-old man, who lived at the home, abruptly went outside with a knife, the Lake County Major Crime Task Force said.
Police retreated and told the man to drop the knife, but he charged at the officers while threatening them.
The officers then fired shots, striking the man. Officers and the Highland Park Fire Department tried to save the man's life, but he died from his injuries.
The Lake County Coroner's Office has identified the man as 59-year-old Brent Bucholtz. They said he died of multiple gunshot wounds.
Half Day Road was closed between Western and Compton due to police activity.
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force is investigating.
Authorities did not immediately provide further information about the shooting.
