Mark Harvey

How they died

Deadly force

Officers responded to a call of a person shot and found a man with a gunshot wound to his head about 2 p.m. Although he was seriously wounded, the man was able to talk and provided a description of a suspect, police said.A man matching the provided description was found a short distance away. The man, Mark Harvey, refused to obey police commands and attempted to flee on foot. A squad car arrived, blocking Harvey's path. Harvey pulled a handgun from his waistband and pointed it at one of the officers. Three officers with the Park Forest Police Department and a Richton Park officer shot and killed him. A forensic examination of the handgun determined it was the weapon Harvey used to shoot the man twice in the head.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Mark Harvey, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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