Overview
- Officers were dispatched around 4 p.m. to the 2100 block of Tennessee Street for reports of a potentially suicidal person who had been cutting himself.
- Police located the 20-year-old near 22nd Avenue and Ohio Street, where he held a knife and, according to officials, ignored commands.
- A city spokesperson said the officer fired three times, hitting the man's arm after he advanced toward the officer.
- The man was taken to a Chicago hospital, and authorities had not released his condition or any officer injuries as of Sunday night.
- The officer is on administrative leave as the Lake County Sheriff’s Department leads the investigation, with fire and crime-scene units assisting and identities withheld.