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Man shot at Vernon Hills police station wanted to die, cops say | |
April 03, 2013 A Vernon Hills police officer shot a man armed with a realistic-looking, fake handgun early Wednesday after a brief standoff inside the police station. The gunman, identified as 53-year-old Howard R. Lazarus of Mundelein, had with him a handwritten suicide note, and police believe he went to the station to die. The note indicated Lazarus had cancer. Source: http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130403/news/704039914/ |