Male subject under no contact Order of Protection shot and killed on Bloomington Ave in Arlington Heights (First 6 seconds “Provided Video”/CARDINAL NEWS video). YouTube Tips ⓘ
A subsequent Arlington Heights Police Department and Major Case Assistance Team investigation of a shooting that occurred Sunday, revealed that on July 21, 2024 at approximately 1:40 p.m. the soon-to-be deceased male shooting victim unlawfully entered the residence in the block of 4200 of North Bloomington Avenue in Arlington Heights. The female resident did have an existing active Order of Protection prohibiting contact by male who unlawfully entered the apartment. Upon entering the residence, the male violating the the Order of Protection immediately attacked a male guest of the female, and quickly gaining a position of physical dominance. During the encounter, the male guest retrieved a handgun and fired one round into the upper body of the male violating the Order of Protection.
According to the Arlington Heights Police Department, the male guest does have a valid Illinois Concealed Carry License. The female resident immediately called 911 and reported the that the shooting occurred inside her apartment. Arlington Heights and Buffalo Grove police officers, along with firefighters and paramedics from Arlington Heights and Palatine were dispatched to the scene. The male guest surrendered himself to responding police officers.
The female resident and her male guest were then relocated to the Arlington Heights Police Department police station to supplement investigative efforts, while forensic technicians processed evidence at the residence. The description of this event has been corroborated by physical evidence, forensically extracted data, and witness statements. Detectives have reviewed this matter with prosecutors from the Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney’s Office. Criminal charges will not be sought at this time.
Residents in the neighborhood described that the resident in the apartment is a female/white in her late 20s or early 30s. Neighbors said that they believed there were domestic disturbances recently involving the female white and a male black — also believed to be in his late 20s or early 30s. Neighbors described that a male/Hispanic or male/Black
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![Major Case Assistance Team van and Arlington Heights Forensics unit on scene of a shooting death investigation in the block of 4200 North Bloomington Avenue in Arlington Heights on Sunday, July 21, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/F5A57085-5AB8-4398-BC28-0F361E33E787.jpeg)
The Arlington Heights Police Department is investigating a death that occurred in the block of 4200 North Bloomington Avenue (Arbor Lakes Apartment Complex, just south of the intersection of Bloomington Avenue and Lake Cook Road).
Police officers, firefighters, and paramedics responded about 1:40 p.m. Sunday, July 21, 2024 when a resident of a multiunit apartment building called 9-1-1 to report a male had been shot inside her apartment. Arlington Heights police officers along with Buffalo Grove Police officers, were dispatched to the incident. Police officers arrived and immediately secured the scene.
A witness of the aftermath of the scene viewed from outside the scene on the street outside the apartment told CARDINAL NEWS that at least one police officer had a weapon drawn while the scene was apparently being secured. The woman also noticed a man described as a male/Hispanic or male/Black was handcuffed, placed in a police vehicle, then placed in another police vehicle, and eventually transported from the scene
The self-admitted shooter and resident met responding officers outside. Officers were told a male had been shot. The shooting victim was located inside, on the ground level, in close proximity to the back door. Both the self-admitted shooter and the woman in the apartment were initially detained pending investigation.
Arlington Heights Fire Department paramedics entered the apartment and assessed an individual who received a penetrating gun shot to the upper body. The individual experienced a traumatic injury that was not survivable, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department.
He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
The Major Case Assistance Team was activated to provide technical assistance, working alongside with Arlington Heights Police Department investigators.
Both individuals located at the scene are now at the police station, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department. Detectives are focusing on a past relationship between the resident and the deceased as a possible contributing factor.
According to the Arlington Heights Police Department, there is an active Order of Protection, issued in the Circuit Court of Cook County, prohibiting the deceased from contacting the resident. An autopsy will be conducted by the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office tomorrow to determine an official cause of death.
Detectives are collaborating with the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office in the early stages of this fluid investigation. This incident is being investigated as a contained occurrence with no threat to the public at large, according to the Arlington Heights Police Department.
![Major Case Assistance Team van (far right) and Arlington Heights police vehicle on scene of a shooting death investigation in the block of 4200 North Bloomington Avenue in Arlington Heights on Sunday, July 21, 2024 (CARDINAL NEWS)](https://www.arlingtoncardinal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/28F76EA9-E5A6-444B-B677-8A4B517A1904.jpeg)
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