A shirtless man who was confronting assisted living community residents and officers with a chainsaw was shot and killed by police Sunday morning in the west suburbs, officials said.

A man wielding a chainsaw inside a senior-living facility in St. Charles, Illinois, was shot and killed by police early Sunday, state and local law enforcement said.

A man was shot dead Sunday by St. Charles police as he wielded a chainsaw and threatened residents of an assisted living facility, according to authorities. Around 8:45 a.m. Sunday, dispatch officers with the police department responded to a welfare check on the property of the River Glen of St.