Two people were taken into custody after police stopped a suspect vehicle on Chicago’s Far South Side.
MUNDELEIN, IL — A man was killed and a woman was seriously wounded Tuesday morning in a targeted, domestic-related shooting at an apartment building on Deepwoods Drive, authorities said.
The shooting drew a large police response to the Diamond Lane Apartments at 555 Deepwoods Drive and led to a regional search for a black Chevrolet Blazer. Mundelein police and the Lake County Major Crime Task Force were investigating the case Tuesday night. No charges had been announced, and authorities had not released the names of the man who died, the wounded woman or the two people taken into custody.
Mundelein police, the Mundelein Fire Department and the Countryside Fire Protection District were called about 11:40 a.m. to the 500 block of Deepwoods Drive after 911 callers reported that two people had been shot. Lake County Major Crime Task Force spokesman Christopher Covelli said callers told dispatchers one person was unresponsive. Officers arrived first and secured the scene before firefighters and paramedics moved in. They found an adult man and an adult woman with gunshot wounds inside the apartment building. “Investigators believe this was a targeted, domestic-related incident,” Covelli said, based on the first information gathered at the scene.
The man was taken by ambulance to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, where he was pronounced dead. The woman also was taken to a hospital with serious injuries, but authorities said she was expected to survive. Police said the victims lived together in the apartment. Covelli said the woman and a witness called 911 after the shooting. The Lake County Coroner’s Office responded to the hospital and began the process of conducting an autopsy on the man. The manner and cause of death had not been formally released Tuesday evening, and investigators had not said how many shots were fired or whether a weapon had been recovered.
Authorities said officers quickly received a description of the suspect and the vehicle that left the apartment complex. Police broadcast that information to agencies across the region through the Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network. Illinois State Police later spotted the Blazer heading south on the Bishop Ford Expressway near 130th Street on Chicago’s Far South Side. Troopers and other officers stopped the vehicle near the Indiana border area, ordered two people out at gunpoint and took an adult man and an adult woman into custody. Police said the woman was driving, while the man was considered a person of interest in the shooting.
The shooting shut down part of the area around Deepwoods Drive east of Lake Street and brought officers from several Lake County agencies to the apartment complex. Yellow crime scene tape surrounded parts of the building and nearby areas around Deep Wood Plaza. Officers with rifles were seen setting up a perimeter, and drones were used as investigators documented the scene. Detectives photographed the apartment, interviewed people in the area and checked nearby businesses as they worked to piece together what happened before and after the shooting. The task force was called because the case involved a homicide investigation.
The Lake County Major Crime Task Force includes investigators, evidence technicians and supervisors from law enforcement agencies across the county. It often assists local police departments in major cases, including homicides and officer-involved shootings. In this case, Mundelein police remained part of the investigation while task force detectives handled evidence, interviews and other follow-up work. Authorities said the people in custody and the victims knew each other, a detail investigators said supported the early finding that the shooting stemmed from a domestic dispute rather than a random attack.
Police seized the Chevrolet Blazer after the traffic stop and were preparing to search it Tuesday night for weapons or other evidence. Investigators had not said whether the vehicle was registered to either person in custody or whether anyone else was being sought. The wounded woman’s account, witness statements, radio traffic, evidence from the apartment and any evidence recovered from the vehicle were expected to shape the next stage of the case. Prosecutors had not announced charges as of Tuesday evening, and authorities did not give a timeline for when charging decisions might be made.
Neighbors and people near the apartment complex saw a heavy emergency response after the shooting. Police vehicles filled the area near the apartment building, and crime scene tape marked off sections of the property. The shooting happened in a residential area close to businesses along Lake Street, a busy north suburban corridor. Images from the scene showed officers and detectives moving between the apartment complex and nearby commercial properties as the investigation continued. Officials did not report any threat to the wider public after the Blazer was stopped and the two occupants were detained.
The investigation remained active Tuesday night, with Mundelein police and the Lake County Major Crime Task Force reviewing evidence, interviewing witnesses and awaiting autopsy findings. The next public milestone is expected to be the release of the dead man’s identity and any charging decision from prosecutors.
Author note: Last updated July 8, 2026.