Police, firefighters and paramedics from Hoffman Estates responded about 5:44 a.m. Saturday, December 16, 2023 to a report of gunshots heard at the Barrington Lakes Apartments, in the block of 2200 Hassell Road in Hoffman Estates. Police received a report that a person was down on the ground after shots were heard.
Police arrived and found a male gunshot victim down outside with a gunshot wound to the head. Police determined the scene was secure, and allowed paramedics to move up to assess and treat the gunshot victim. The victim was transported by Hoffman Estates Fire Department paramedics to Ascension Saint Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates, where he was pronounced dead at 6:09 a.m.
According to the Cook County Medical Examiners Office, a male/black shooting victim, age 32, of South Elgin, died with the primary cause of death indicated as a gunshot wound to the face. The death was ruled a homicide.
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