Three females and a male “aggressor” were killed Wednesday, amid reports of multiple gunshots fired at a home near Crystal Lake, according to a McHenry County Sheriff’s office spokesman.
One female, who made the call to 911, survived the attack at a house on the 5800 block of Wild Plum Road. She was seriously injured and being treated at a local hospital, Deputy Tim Creighton said.
Creighton spoke to reporters late Wednesday morning and declined to say how the people were killed, how they were related or what their ages were. He said only that they were household members.
Creighton said the three females were dead when deputies arrived at the home. One male, who Creighton described as “the aggressor,” also was seriously injured and later died, he said.
Deputies responded to the scene about 4 a.m. Wednesday.
Sheriff Robb Tadelman said it was an isolated incident and there is no danger to the public.
McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the Major Investigation Assistance Team, is handling the investigation.
Neighbors said they hadn’t heard anything overnight and awoke to see television news crews along the street. They believed the residents at the townhome where the shooting took place were renters and that they had lived there for a number of years.
Larry Swanson, a resident who lives down the street, said the neighborhood originally was designed to be part of a golf course. The Prairie Ridge subdivision, where the townhome is, is a mix of 53 duplexes and single-family homes along winding tree-lined roads.
Neighbor Sage Brossard, 19, who lives two doors down, said she hadn’t heard anything happen overnight. She said she had never met the family but that she understood there were multiple generations living in the home.
“This is crazy,” Brossard said. “I had no idea what was going on.”
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