A man died after he was wounded in a shooting while sitting in a car outside a home in Waukegan, causing Sheridan Road to be shut down for hours Thursday afternoon.
The Waukegan Police Department and Waukegan Fire Department responded around 12 p.m. Thursday to the 400 block of North Sheridan Road for a report of a shooting.
Emergency crews arrived and found a male victim who had been shot in a vehicle, according to Waukegan Deputy Police Chief Scott Chastain.
Paramedics transported the victim to Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan where he was pronounced dead.
The Lake County Coroner’s Office said they responded to the hospital to take possession of the victim.
He was a North Chicago resident who was in his 20s. His identity has not yet been released.
The coroner’s office was expected to perform an autopsy on him on Friday morning.
The Waukegan Police Department Major Crime Scene Unit (MCSU) was called to process the scene.
Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Division (CID) were called to investigate the incident.
Police officers shut down Sheridan Road from Grand Avenue to Cory Avenue for several hours while investigators worked at the scene conducting the homicide investigation.
Crime scene tape was placed around the property of the single-family home and evidence technicians were seen documenting the scene.
Chastain said the investigation remains active and ongoing. It is unclear whether any persons of interest have been identified.
Additional information is expected to be released next week, Chastain said, adding that he did not want to jeopardize the investigation.
The incident was Lake County’s seventh homicide of the year and Waukegan’s second homicide in less than a week.
Adam Hoth, 42, of Grayslake, was fatally stabbed in the 12700 block of West Harrison Avenue in Waukegan around 10 p.m. Sunday during a robbery gone bad.
Chastain said the subject who stabbed Hoth was in the area to purchase a motorcycle that was listed for sale on social media.
Chastain said the buyer was lured to an address on Harrison Avenue and told to contact the residents at the home.
The residents at the home knew nothing about the motorcycle purchase meetup and had nothing to do with the transaction.
The two prospective buyers began to walk back to their vehicle to leave when they were approached by Hoth and a second suspect who attempted to rob them of their money, Chastain said.
One of the suspects threatened the victims with a brick and announced a robbery.
Chastain said the victims refused to comply and one of the suspects broke the window of the victims’ vehicle with the brick to gain entry and steal money.
The suspect told the victims he knew they had the money that they brought to purchase the motorcycle.
A fight ensued between Hoth and one of the prospective buyers and Hoth was stabbed by the victim in self-defense, Chastain said. Charges are pending against Hoth’s accomplice in the robbery.