Armed man killed in Highland Park police shooting identified
Police in Highland Park, Illinois, shot and killed a man they said was armed with a knife during a well-being check early Friday morning.
According to Highland Park officials, officers conducted a well-being check of a man in the roadway in the 900 block of Half Day Road just before 5 a.m.
A 9-1-1 call reported a person lying in the middle of the road who then stumbled into a nearby home.
Officers went to the address where they found a man, who they said abruptly exited the home with a knife. Police said the man "quickly charged at officers with a knife," prompting officers to fire shots.
Police said they gave the man multiple instructions to drop the knife.
CBS News Chicago learned three officers were on scene at the time of the shooting, but it's unclear how many of them opened fire.
The Highland Park Fire Department arrived minutes later and tried to help stabilize the man. Officials said life-saving measures were not successful, and the man died on the scene.
The Lake County Coroner's Office identified the man as 59-year-old Brent Bucholtz. Autopsy results indicated that he died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Neighbor Maureen Hughes, who lived in the neighborhood for 20 years and stays several houses down from the home, said it looked and sounded unrecognizable. She said she was awoken by the sound of several gunshots.
"Bam, bam, bam…then it stops," she said. "But it was clearly gunshots,"
Neighbors said the man was known for the signs outside of his home.
"He has these signs up and then down and then up and down. They're very controversial," Hughes said.
Except for the one house surrounded by police tape, the neighborhood looks back to normal, but it doesn't feel that way.
"Highland Park and I have a neighbor dead in their driveway? I just never think that's going to happen," Hughes said.
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force said the officers involved in the shooting were wearing body cameras at the time. That video will be reviewed as part of the investigation.
