Lake Villa toddler drowns
A Lake Villa 3-year-old drowned Saturday night, police said in a news release.
Just before 9 p.m. Saturday, Lake Villa police officers and firefighters responded to a call of a drowning toddler on the 100 block of Balsam Avenue. The child was transported to an area hospital and was later pronounced dead, according to the news release.
The Lake County Major Crimes Task Force was requested to aid with the investigation, which remains ongoing.
LAKE VILLA, Ill. (WLS) Lake Villa police said a preliminary investigation into the deaths of a 36-year-old man and 9-year-old girl has found the girl was killed by her father in a murder-suicide.
Lake Villa police said officers were sent to a home in the 100-block of Briar Ridge Lane Thursday afternoon to check on the well-being of a child. The girl s mother had called police to check on her daughter, who had been reported absent from school.
Police said the girl s mother and father are separated, and share custody of their daughter. Wednesday the mother agreed to let her daughter stay with her father overnight. When the girl did not go to school the next day, the mother tried to contact the father but was not successful.
ZION, Ill. (WLS) A triple shooting in north suburban Zion left two dead and a third critically injured Tuesday night, police said.
A 16-year-old boy and 27-year-old man were killed, while a 28-year-old man remains critical, according to Zion police. They are all from Zion.
Police responded to reports of a shooting just after 7:20 p.m. in the 2800-block of Galilee Avenue. One injured individual was found there and transported to Vista East Medical Center. While at that scene, Waukegan police told Zion police there were others injured in the incident who were already at Vista East Medical Center.