A male and a female were both discovered by officers dead inside a parked car after a possible shooting in Harvard late Monday evening.
Harvard Police Chief Tyson Bauman said an officer with the Harvard Police Department was on patrol around 11:52 p.m. Monday.
The officer spotted a parked vehicle in the 700 block of Division Street, also known as Route 14.
The car had its hazard lights activated and was stopped in the northbound lane near Burbank Street, Bauman said.
The officer approached to investigate what they believed to be a motorist assist.
Bauman said the officer discovered that a female driver and a male passenger were both dead inside the car.
The Harvard Fire Protection District was dispatched to the scene and it was relayed that one of the subjects had possibly shot themselves and was still in possession of a gun.
The McHenry County Coroner’s Office responded to the scene to take possession of both subjects for autopsies.
The McHenry County Major Investigative Assistance Team (MIAT), which is comprised of over a dozen investigators from law enforcement agencies, as well as the coroner’s office and state’s attorney’s office, was activated to respond.
Route 14 was shut down between Diggins Street, also known as Route 173, and McKinley Street to pedestrian and vehicle traffic, Bauman said.
Motorists were asked to avoid the area and use alternate routes as MIAT conducted an investigation.
The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office said in an alert that heavy police activity was in the area due to the incident.
An alert from the Harvard Police Department told residents to “use caution, remain sheltered and avoid the area.”
Police have not released further information on the incident.