Herbert L. Hightower

How they died

Suicide

Police said a man called 911 from a pay phone outside a Northgate convenience store to report a killing at an apartment. Police set up a perimeter around the apartment building. Two North Precinct officers parked near the building noticed a man walking rapidly toward them. They attempted to talk to him but quickly realized he was carrying a knife in each hand. The officers ordered the man to stop and drop the knives, but he continued to rush toward them. When he was about 10 feet away, one officer fired a shot killing him.

Why we remember them

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

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