The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said a Lake County Sheriff’s deputy shot a man armed with a meat cleaver after responding to a call of a possible suicide attempt Wednesday, October 18, 2023 (Cate Cauguiran/ABC 7 Chicago). YouTube Tips ⓘ
A Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy, late Wednesday afternoon, shot a man who had been unresponsive, and lunged at the deputy with a meat cleaver while the deputy was trying to help him. Lake County Sheriff’s deputies were responding to a report that the man may have taken his own life. After the police-involved shooting, the man was immediately treated, and then transported to a nearby hospital by paramedics. He died shortly after arriving at the hospital. The Lake County Coroner’s Office released the identity of the man as Yong Lin, age 46, of unincorporated Round Lake.
An autopsy was completed at the Lake County Coroner’s Office on Thursday October 19, 2023. Autopsy results indicate that Yong Lin died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Lake County Sheriff’s Office deputies and firefighters and paramedics from Greater Round Lake Fire Protection District responded before 4:09 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2023.
Firefighters and paramedics responded to a radio dispatch reporting a sick person.
Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies had been dispatched about 4:05 p.m. Wednesday, October 18, 2023 to a residence in the 34200 block of Barberry Court, unincorporated Round Lake, for a report of man bleeding who needed help. The 911 caller believed her friend’s relative took his life, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s deputies arrived and found an adult male unconscious and unresponsive on a mattress in the living room of the home. There was a significant amount of blood around the man. The sheriff’s deputy immediately checked his pulse, found that he had a pulse, and started to remove pieces of the man’s clothing, to determine where his wounds were in order to provide aid. As the deputy was attempting life-saving efforts, the man woke up, and immediately retrieved a meat cleaver that was next to him. Next, the man lunged at the deputy. The deputy, along with another person in the home immediately retreated, but the man charged after the deputy and the other person with the meat cleaver in his hand. The deputy shot the man.
The deputy, along with another deputy who arrived, began life-saving measures following the shooting. Paramedics, who were already staging nearby awaiting for the scene to be deemed safe, arrived inside the home and took over medical efforts, according to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office.
The man was transported to an area hospital in critical condition but was pronounced deceased shortly after arriving. The sheriff’s deputy involved was also transported to an area hospital for an evaluation.
Per state law and sheriff’s office protocol, the Lake County Major Crime Task Force was requested to conduct an independent investigation of the incident. The investigation remains ongoing.
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