Illinois State Police investigating death of Bolingbrook man

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The Illinois State Police is investigating the death of a 41-year-old Bolingbrook man who died Saturday.

At 6:67 p.m. Saturday, Bolingbrook police were dispatched to a home in the 300 block of Lakeview Circle, where John Taylor, 41, of Bolingbrook, who had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, was having a diabetic reaction, according to a news release from Bolingbrook police.

When Bolingbrook police and paramedics arrived, Taylor began to fight physically with officers and paramedics, and a taser was deployed, Bolingbrook police said.

Taylor eventually was subdued and taken to the hospital, where he later died, Bolingbrook police said.

Taylor was pronounced dead at 8 p.m. Saturday at University of Chicago Medicine Advent Health Bolingbrook Hospital, the Will County Coroner’s Office said.

Final cause and manner will be determined after an autopsy, police and toxicological reports are completed, the coroner’s office said.

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