Man dead following officer-involved shooting in Des Plaines

Man fatally shot by police officer in Des Plaines

A man was fatally shot by police in Des Plaines Wednesday night.Officers were sent to a home in the 1400 block of Thacker Street to assist fire officials and encountered a man who “was breaking things, possibly having a psychotic breakdown,” police said in a statement.The man, 55-year-old Scott MacDonald, potentially had access to an axe or machete, police said. “The situation escalated when [the officers] unexpectedly encountered Mr. MacDonald…

Man Fatally Shot by Police Officer in Des Plaines

A man was fatally shot by police in Des Plaines Wednesday night.

Man dead following officer-involved shooting in Des Plaines

DES PLAINES, Ill — A man is dead following an officer-involved shooting in Des Plaines. The shooting happened around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex in the 1400 block of Thacker Street. Police said a 55-year-old man, identified as Scott MacDonald, was suffering some kind of mental heath crisis and potentially had access to an axe or machete. When police arrived to the scene, the situation escalated when an officer unexpectedly encoun…

Des Plaines police: 1 fatally shot by officers

Des Plaines police said a 55-year-old man was shot and killed by officers on Thacker Street Wednesday night.

Four officer-involved shootings in one day

Investigators with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation were called to four different shootings involving law enforcement in Bibb and Polk counties, Atlanta, and Covington.