Editor’s Note: The below video could be considered shocking or disturbing to the viewer. Viewer discretion is advised. Newly obtained bodycam video shows 31-year-old Makell Meyerin walking down Route 41 armed with a military-style rifle and then being fatally shot by Gurnee police in 2018. Lake and McHenry County Scanner obtained several bodycam videos from […]
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Investigators: Man pointed air rifle at Vernon Hills police officer before being shot
Investigators said on Thursday that the man shot and killed by a Vernon Hills police officer last weekend called 911 and then pointed an air rifle at the responding officer. Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said that Randy Rausch, 34, was shot by a Vernon Hills police officer early Saturday morning. […]
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Coroner IDs armed man shot and killed by Vernon Hills police officer
Randy Rausch, 34, was shot and killed by a Vernon Hills police officer during a domestic dispute call early Saturday morning. The Vernon Hills Police Department was called to the 100 block of Marimac Lane in Vernon Hills around 1:38 a.m. Saturday for a call of a domestic dispute, according to Lake County Major Crime […]
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Police shoot and kill man with gun in Vernon Hills
A Vernon Hills police officer shot and killed a man armed with a rifle during a domestic dispute call early Saturday morning. The Vernon Hills Police Department was called to the 100 block of Marimac Lane in Vernon Hills around 1:38 a.m. Saturday for a call of a domestic dispute, according to Lake County Major […]
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Man shot and killed by police officer in Lakemoor identified as homicide suspect
Kenneth E. Martell, 36, who was wanted for a homicide, was identified as the man shot and killed by a Lakemoor police officer Thursday morning. The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force said that a Lakemoor police officer was on routine patrol at around 5 a.m. and came across an occupied SUV on a narrow […]
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Gurnee police officers cleared in fatal shooting of woman armed with rifle
The Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office has cleared two Gurnee police officers who fatally shot a woman armed with a military-style rifle on Route 41 in late May. Gurnee Police Department Officer Benjamin Bozer and Detective Sgt. Jon Ward both shot Makell Meyerin, 31, of Antioch, on May 23, the Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office […]
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Investigators determine link between Antioch standoff, Gurnee police-involved shooting
Police announced Thursday morning that investigators determined a link between the Antioch standoff and Gurnee police-involved shooting yesterday in which both involved a long-barrel gun. In the Antioch incident, Antioch police were called to a report of a suspicious white Volkswagen at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 400 block of Donin Road. The driver of […]
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Woman armed with long barrel gun shot, killed by police in Gurnee
A woman who fled police in Gurnee and crashed into a fire truck was shot and killed by officers after brandishing a long-barreled gun Wednesday afternoon, officials said. A heavy police presence was seen on Route 41 near Grand Avenue in Gurnee Wednesday after an officer-involved shooting. Police were called to a report of a […]
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Police: Man tried robbing Waukegan police officer of his gun before being shot
Waukegan Police Chief Wayne Walles said that a man tried robbing a police officer of his service gun before the officer shot him on December 26. Authorities said that at 5 p.m. a Waukegan police officer was sitting in his squad car on the west side of the police department on North West Street when he […]