1 killed, 3 wounded in domestic shooting incident in southwest Chicago suburbs
OAK FOREST, Ill. (CBS) -- One person was killed, and three others were injured, including a 12-year-old girl, in a domestic incident in southwest suburban Oak Forest late Sunday.
Police said one person of interest was in custody.
At 5:10 p.m., Oak Forest police were called to the 5500 block of Babette Court – a street that ends in a cul-de-sac off Central Avenue.
A 39-year-old man had been shot in the head, and was later pronounced dead at the hospital. A 19-year-old man was shot in the leg, and was treated and released from the hospital. A 19-year-old woman was shot in the leg, and was being treated at the hospital. A 12-year-old girl was shot while standing in the neighboring driveway. She was still in the hospital Monday morning.
While officers were responding to the original crime scene, police learned of another car involved in the incident. They pulled that car over and found someone inside who had been shot. That person is expected to be okay. The other person in the car was detained at the scene.
CBS 2 spoke to four men who are all members of the same family, who said they are related to the 12-year-old girl who was shot. The girl's older brother said his family was not involved in whatever the initial conflict was.
He said he heard screaming from the neighbors, followed by gunshots.
"They apparently have a fight outside with their daughter's girlfriend or somebody, and they start banging on their door, and then the girl came out from their house screaming and banging on our family's door. My little sister opened the door, and she got shot, apparently," the neighbor said. "And from there, everybody just screaming – and they shot other people in the neighborhood. We don't know those people."
The girl's cousin said the shooting was "very traumatizing."
"My little cousin was sitting there in the arms of her mom. She was being shot – you see blood everywhere," he said.
The cousin said he had the girl's blood on his own shirt when he talked with reporters. The girl's brother said she was able to talk and is expected to recover.
While units were responding to the original crime scene, police learned about another vehicle involved in the incident, which was found in the 5900 block of West 159th Street. Police pulled over the vehicle, and found someone in it who had been shot and had suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
This fourth victim was taken to an area hospital, while the other person in the car was detained at the scene.
There is no threat to the public, police said.
The Oak Forest police Investigations Division is investigating the incident. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Sgt. Ryan Burnett or Detective David Lowisz at 708-687-1376.