A man was reported shot in the face in the 700 block of East Independence Drive in Palatine [MAP/SAT] about 11:30 p.m. Friday night. Palatine Police Department and Palatine Fire Department paramedics responded late Friday night to a call for help for a man shot in the face. Several intoxicated people were reported to be in the immediate vicinity.
Palatine Fire Department paramedics did a rapid transport to Northwest Community Hospital late Friday night. The Bourbon Square area apartments are just west of the terminus of expressway Route 53 at Lake Cook Road.