Coroner IDs Man Fatally Shot By Police Near Round Lake

ROUND LAKE, IL — The Lake County Coroner's Office has identified the 46-year-old man fatally shot by a Lake County Sheriff's Office deputy Wednesday afternoon after he lunged at the officer with a meat cleaver.

Young Lin, of unincorporated Round Lake, died from multiple gunshot wounds, according to the coroner's office news release. The coroner's office also determined the man had incised wounds to his abdomen, neck and head.

• Deputy Fatally Shoots Man With Meat Cleaver: Lake County Sheriff

Police were first called to a home in the 34200 block of Barberry Court in unincorporated Round Lake at about 4:05 p.m. for a report of a man who was bleeding and who may have taken his life, according to a news release from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.

A deputy was trying to help revive Lin, who was lying unconscious and surrounded by blood on a mattress in the home's living room, when he "woke up" and immediately picked up a meat cleaver that was next to him, according to authorities.

Lin lunged at the deputy and then charged at the officer and another person in the home before the deputy shot him, police said.

He was taken to an area hospital in critical condition and was later pronounced dead.

The deputy involved in the attack was also taken to an area hospital for an evaluation.

Per state law and sheriff’s office protocol, the Lake County Major Crime Task Force was requested to conduct an independent investigation of the incident, and that investigation is ongoing.