Police shoot and kill suicidal woman armed with knives in Mundelein
Police shot and killed a suicidal woman armed with two knives after she allegedly approached officers inside a home on Monday evening in north suburban Mundelein, authorities said.
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Police shot and killed a suicidal woman armed with two knives after she allegedly approached officers inside a home on Monday evening in north suburban Mundelein, authorities said.
The Lake County Sheriff's office said on Friday, around 3 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a person who asked a 14-year-old girl to engage in a sexual act.
A 4-year-old child has died after being pulled out of a house fire in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein early Monday morning.
Preliminary results indicated that the child died from smoke inhalation. The office said that toxicology testing, including carbon monoxide levels, is pending.
A four-year-old child has died after a house fire in Mundelein, Illinois.
A 4-year-old child was inside when a house caught fire in the north Chicago suburb of Mundelein early Monday morning.
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The Lake County, Illinois sheriff's office said Ruslan Furman, 51, has not been seen in more than a week.
The Lake County, Illinois Sheriff’s office said Ruslan Furman, 51, has not been seen in more than a week.
While skies were blue in much of the area by 7:30 a.m., a new band of lake-effect snow was clobbering the Vernon Hills and Mundelein areas. Jackie Kostek followed the snow band.
The Lake County Coroner's Office said that just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, deputies responded to a single-vehicle crash in the area of Route 60-83 and Taylor Lake Court.
The Mundelein deputy fire chief says getting into the home was tough and part of the townhouse's second floor collapsed.
After extinguishing the fire, fire crews found the woman inside the home. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
It happened at 5:30 p.m. near Huntington Drive and Bedford Road.
Police said they "continued the low-speed pursuit" until the truck collided with a Lake County Sheriff's Department squad car.
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Joaquin Romero, 20, is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm and obstructing justice, according to a spokesman for the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.
Police said, around 7:10 p.m., officers responded to a report of shots fired in a parking lot in the 700 block of South Lake Street.
The threat involved Fremont Middle School in unincorporated Mundelein.
Lake County investigators said the threat happened on a school bus after class Wednesday, when a preteen student reportedly told classmates there would be violence at the school the following day. Sara Machi reports.
The threat involved Fremont Middle School in unincorporated Mundelein. At the school, the kids are taught "see something, say something"—and the system worked as planned. Sara Machi reports.
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