Bolingbrook police shoot, kill man accused of slashing neighbor, stabbing dog to death
BOLINGBROOK, Ill. (CBS) -- Bolingbrook police shot and killed a man on Friday afternoon.
Officers were first dispatched around 3:22 p.m. to the 500 block of Spruce Road.
As CBS 2's Jermont Terry reported, investigators still had the street blocked off nearly seven hours later at 10 p.m. as they tried to piece together the deadly police shooting.
Bolingbrook police said they were called to the neighborhood because there was some type of quarrel between neighbors. The suspect who was shot by police had apparently stabbed and killed a neighbor's dog – and then slashed man who owned the dog.
When police arrived, they said the man did not drop the knife despite officers engaging with him. At this point, it is not clear if the man holding the knife charged at officers or used the weapon in a threatening manner.
But at some point, Bolingbrook police fired. Witnesses said they heard three gunshots.
Developing now: @BolingbrookPD shoot a man after responding to call for help. Investigators say the suspect was waving a knife and is believed to stabbed another individual before officers arrived. The Major tasks force assisting with this investigation. Update 10pm @cbschicago pic.twitter.com/Pf7FNMDyj1
— Jermont Terry (@JermontTerry) July 23, 2022
The commotion caught those in the neighborhood by surprise. They tried getting clarity from officers on the scene.
"I asked them, I said, like 'What's going on - because we live here? And it's like, should we be concerned? What's really going on?'" said Annette Marroquin. "And he said, 'Well, somebody shot someone. I said 'Oh. Good to know.'"
Marroquin the officer she spoke with did not tell her it was a police officer who shot someone.
"Honestly, at first, I thought it could have been like fireworks from a different place. But then I kept looking outside, and all I just saw were cop cars," said Marlon Marroquin. "We don't hear that many sirens in this neighborhood. It's usually a very peaceful neighborhood."
Police have not said how many officers fired their weapons, and we don't know if the two neighbors involved in the initial quarrel live next-door to each other – nor what started the confrontation.
The stabbing victim's condition was stabilized.
Police said it was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public.
The incident is under investigation by the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force.