Palatine police, Cook County Sheriff and Palatine firefighter/paramedics responded about 6:32 PM Friday May 26, 2017 to a report of a person shot near North Green Lane North and Baldwin Road Palatine, Il. Police and firefighter/paramedics received a report that a female was shot — not confirmed.
Confirmed gunshot wound, but other details were not initially available. There was a communications or language barrier on the initial 9-1-1 call. A man was shot on the back side, and was transported by Palatine Fire Department firefighter/paramedics to Level I Trauma Center Advocate Lutheran General Hospital.
Police report that a 43 year-old man was shot.
Palatine police urge anyone with information to call the department’s gang unit at 847-359-9000.
FIRE/MEDIC UNITS ASSIGNED …
ENGINE(S): E82
SQUAD(S): SQD85
CHIEF(S): BC8
EMS: A82
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