A Crystal Lake police officer shot and wounded a man who charged at him with a knife early Monday morning, authorities said.
About 11:10 p.m. Sunday, Crystal Lake officers responded to a domestic battery call at a home in the 300 block of West Terra Cotta Avenue. Officers were told a man in his late 20s had beat a family member and had threatened her with a knife, police said in a statement.
The man had fled before officers arrived. The family member, a woman, was treated on scene for facial injuries.
About 1:35 a.m. Monday, officers were called to a home in the 800 block of Boxwood Drive for a report of an unwanted person in the single-family home.
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Police: Knife-wielding man with a checkered past has been shot by Crystal Lake (IL) cop
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