Mark Harvey

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.