Police are investigating after a 21-year-old man died following a shooting in the parking lot of a shopping center in Mundelein Monday evening.
The Mundelein Police Department responded around 7:10 p.m. Monday to the Lake Plaza shopping center in the 700 block of South Lake Street for a report of shots fired.
Lake County Major Crime Task Force Spokesman Christopher Covelli said officers arrived and learned a man had been shot.
The 21-year-old Wheeling man was transported to an area hospital in a privately owned vehicle, Covelli said.
Officers were notified a short time later that the victim had been brought to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville.
The man died from his injuries despite hospital staff’s efforts to save him, Covelli said.
The person or persons who transported the victim to the hospital left prior to the arrival of officers.
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force was called to the scene to assist Mundelein police detectives with the investigation.
A heavy police presence was seen for hours around the eastern side of the shopping complex near Jay’s Liquors, ACTION Martial Arts and Supermercado Gisselle.
Crime scene tape was set up in the parking lot and officers were photographing the scene and going in and out of the businesses.
Investigators believe the shooting was possibly targeted, Covelli said, adding that it is believed to have been perpetrated by a single gunman.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office is in the process of scheduling an autopsy on the victim, whose identity has not been released.
Covelli said Major Crime Task Force investigators and Mundelein police detectives continue to actively investigate the homicide.