A woman was rushed to the hospital where she died after being shot at an apartment building in Barrington Sunday evening, police said.
The Barrington Police Department and Barrington Fire Department responded around 5:40 p.m. Sunday to The Arbors at Barrington Apartments in the 400 block of West Russell Street for a report of a shooting.
Police officers arrived to find a 42-year-old woman with an apparent gunshot wound.
The Barrington Fire Department provided emergency treatment to the victim.
Paramedics transported her to Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington where she was pronounced dead, police officials said.
A bystander reported seeing officers take a person into custody at the scene, which was located on the corner of Lageshulte Street and Russell Street.
Detectives from the Barrington Police Department and the Major Case Assistance Team (MCAT) responded to the scene.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office is in the process of conducting an autopsy on the victim.
Her identity is being withheld until her next of kin has been notified and the autopsy has been completed.
Police did not release further information on the circumstances surrounding the shooting but did say it was an “isolated incident, and there is no threat to the public.”