Overview

• Officers arrived just before 5 a.m. on the 900-block of Half Day Road after receiving a call for a well-being check of a man in the roadway.
• Police say the man advanced on officers while holding a knife, prompting them to open fire when he did not comply with commands.
• Highland Park Fire Department personnel and officers administered lifesaving measures but the man died at the scene.
• Half Day Road remains closed between Western Avenue and Compton Avenue due to ongoing police activity.
• The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force is overseeing an independent probe into the circumstances of the shooting.