Driver found dead with gunshot wound after crash in Palatine, Illinois
A driver was found dead with a gunshot wound after a crash in Palatine, Illinois, on Monday night.
Around 9:30 p.m., officers responded to a call for a driver hitting several parked cars and a dumpster near East Prairie Brook Drive.
Officers found a 20-year-old man in the driver's seat with a gunshot wound.
The Palatine Fire Department responded and took the man to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said a death investigation has shut down North Rand Road between Route 53 and Dundee. Arlington Heights police confirmed the westbound lanes of Rand Road are closed at Wilke Road due to the same investigation.
There is no known ongoing threat to the public at this time, police confirmed.
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