Overview
- Officers responded around 9:39 p.m. Monday to the 1200-block of East Prairie Brook Drive after reports that a vehicle struck several parked cars and a dumpster.
- Police found a 20-year-old in the driver’s seat of a black Audi with a gunshot wound, and he later died at a local hospital after transport by the Palatine Fire Department.
- North Rand Road between Route 53 and Dundee was closed for the investigation, with disruptions expected through the Tuesday morning commute.
- The Palatine Police Department, assisted by the Major Case Assistance Team, opened a death investigation and continues to process the scene.
- Investigators asked anyone with information to contact the Palatine Police Investigations Bureau at 847-359-9000.