Man, 34, dies of heart attack after stabbing people in store: police
A knife-wielding man died of an apparent heart attack while on a rampage Sunday inside a Northwest Indiana store.
The 34-year-old began the alleged terror about 3:40 p.m. inside Miller K Market, 5019 E. Dunes Highway in Gary, when he grabbed a kitchen knife on display and slashed a 60-year-old man’s right hand, according to Gary police Cmdr. Jack Hamady.
A 19-year-old man who worked at the store rushed to the customer’s aid and was also stabbed, police said, suffering a wound to the right biceps.
The attacker continued to “display aggressive behavior,” including more attempted stabbings, police said, until two employees tackled him. Officers arrived shortly after.
But then the attacker began having trouble breathing, and after being disarmed, he was treated with CPR and other life-saving techniques, police said.
The attacker, of Gary, as well as the two victims were taken to Methodist Hospital Northlake Campus in Gary, police said. The attacker “suffered what appeared to be a heart attack” and died there.
Alice Yin
Man killed mother, then was shot by cop: police
A Palatine man fatally shot by police early Sunday after driving his car into an officer and civilian killed his mother in a downtown apartment before the deadly confrontation, authorities said Monday.
Leslie Vaughan, 51, died as a result of multiple gunshot wounds, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office. Police said the officer who killed him is a four-year veteran who was injured when hit by Vaughan’s car.
Officers later discovered Vaughan’s mother, Polly Vaughan, dead in her son’s apartment. The 74-year-old Peoria, Arizona, woman died from multiple stab wounds, police said.
Bob Susnjara, Daily Herald
Intruder attacks woman with wine bottle in Lake View East bedroom
Police were searching for a person who broke into a woman’s home and assaulted her during a home invasion Sunday in the Lake View East neighborhood on the North Side.
At 6:10 a.m., the 23-year-old was asleep in her bedroom in the 700 block of West Buckingham Place when she woke up to an unknown male looming over her, according to Chicago police. He smashed a wine bottle on her head, police said. He went into the living room and struck her head again, this time with a porcelain dish, police said. He stole her cellphone and laptop before running away.
Bleeding from the head, the woman was taken to Illinois Masonic Medical Center, police said. Her condition was stabilized.
Alice Yin